Quote Originally Posted by Anonymoose View Post
To be fair, Ultima exploded while he was sitting in it. Right in his face. Then it exploded again while he was laying there on the ground. Right on his face. And then he got up and started shuffling around as the rest of the base started exploding, whereby the camera cut away while he was still standing.
This should honestly have been more suspect in retrospect. The Warrior of Light needs Hydaelyn to survive Ultima and even that burns Hydaelyn out massively. Giaus just needs whatever plating is over Ultima and what the Garleans put in their armor. Given that Lahabrea and Hydaelyn act like another Ultima blast will kill us... Yeah... I really want whatever enabled Giaus to survive that now...

Thanks Moose... I now have a mental image of Nero making sure the Eorzeans don't screw up too badly while his boss is out hunting down Ascians...