Not to be rude but by that logic then all the Aether would be gone what with Odin and Bahamut(well mostly Odin being well. Bahamut is just alive) alive and well. I am certain there is a limit that primals reach before they can no longer maintain their physical form and lose said form. If not we could not defeat them at all as they could just swallow gobs of aether and become not only immortal on the aetheric flow but also on the mortal plane. There has to be a counter balance to their forms.