Of course they're humans! [ He sneers, all fired up now. He's been so sick of no one getting it and then she comes along and knows exactly what's up within moments of meeting him. ]
Souling a vampire is used as a torture device where I'm from. [ Well... once. ] I told them! I told them exactly what kind of perverse, sadistic shit they were messing with but did they listen? Noooo, they were too busy rationalizing that leaving me in eternal agony was more humane than just killing me outright.