"Well, people can't decide what overall population ratio makes the most sense but the gods probably can. The problem with that theory being that as far as you know dath ilan doesn't have those," Asmodia says.

"If you had a family that only threw daughters and one that only threw sons," Talia said, "they'd do about as well for themselves, I'd think. It's not like throwing only sons is an advantage. Men don't have more children than women on average, since they're having them with women. The, uh, problem with my theory is, I don't know, maybe you could imagine it being two thirds to one third, and still somehow working out so that no one had an advantage, I don't know how you would prove you wouldn't."

"Well, people can't decide what overall population ratio makes the most sense but the gods probably can. The problem with that theory being that as far as you know dath ilan doesn't have those," Asmodia says.

"If you had a family that only threw daughters and one that only threw sons," Tonia said, "they'd do about as well for themselves, I'd think. It's not like throwing only sons is an advantage. Men don't have more children than women on average, since they're having them with women. The, uh, problem with my theory is, I don't know, maybe you could imagine it being two thirds to one third, and still somehow working out so that no one had an advantage, I don't know how you would prove you wouldn't."