Story Reach is determined by the Main Character's Mental Sex and the Story Limit. Here's how it works. For Male (mental sex) audience members, their empathy/sympathy factor is determined by Mental sex. Male audience members will tend to empathize with Male Mental Sex main characters, and tend to sympathize with Female Mental Sex main characters. For Female (mental sex) audience members, their empathy/sympathy factor is determined by the Story Limit. Female audience members will tend to empathize with Optionlock stories, and tend to sympathize with Timelock stories. So to get an Empathy/Empathy story, choose Male Mental Sex and Optionlock, etc.