(07-24-2014, 04:19 PM)Zyrusticae Wrote: Those of you who've done the Amal'jaa beastman quests may have noted that, with the merchant goods recovery quest, he questions how you managed to carry multiple large crates of goods all that way. The answer is obvious: you're superhuman thanks to your insane talent with all things aether (which also explains why you can train any class and any job with equal effectiveness), which may or may not be related to the blessing of Hydaelyn et al. Kind of a Mary Sue/Chosen One style of explanation, but that's how the PC works in this universe, and it's probably the reason why gender equality is actually a thing here (I mean, besides just being a nice thing to have IRL).
So, in summary: the answer is aether.
I'm 99% sure that line is meant to reference the fact that we're doing an impossible task outside of a video game. Not everything in the game is meant to be taken at face value.