Ashelia held Sephiroth's gaze confidently, shaking her head. "I must disagree. War discriminates between men and women, children and the elderly - in Ivalice, at least, it is so. The elderly are killed - they are no use as slaves. Children can be shaped into anything a slaver might want. Women fetch a high price on any market, often due to nothing more than the wideness of their hips. And men fight, and die."

She tapped her bottom lip with a finger, tilting her head to the side. "Violence does not discriminate. Men, women, children, the elderly - all react the same to being run through with a spear."