Maya states that only the women are mediums.
Later on, Pearl asks Nick what channeling technique does he study.

What do you think about this?

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Pearl says that she has never been out of the village before.
Either Maya or Morgan said that the men of the family work outside the village.
Pearl, since she is very sheltered, obviously thinks of all things in terms of spirit channeling. Therefore, she probably assumes that said men who work outside the village work with spirit channeling.

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Maya stated that women are the only ones who can practice the Kurain Channeling technique. Pearl probably thinks there are more channeling techniques besides Kurain,

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