"No and yes," Asmodean says with a shrug. "To fully explain is a story that goes back several thousand years. I'm not opposed to telling it, if you would indulge such a tale." He has a sip of his own. "Or I could defer to an already long day and say simply that women who can channel in many ways pull the strings of the world, while men who do are hunted down and severed from the ability as soon as possible after it manifests. It was not always so, but there are entirely valid reasons for it now."