Quote Originally Posted by Hestern_Nestern View Post
When we were sent into the aether five years ago, we were meshed into that aether. Some of us forgot what we used to look like - while others, realized the true shape of our soul. As a result, physical differences abounded. That is how I've been explaining it in my head, at any rate.
Ditto.

With the body composed of aether, the mind has had time to establish influence on the form its body will take, and so it is recreated in the warrior of light's ideal image.