Very confused by this fishing quest's dialogue

[Mikki]

At the risk of sounding like an idiot, I was wondering if I'm the only one who was confused by the dialogue spoken in the level 63 fishing quest.



It sounds as though they're talking as if the fish are bigger, yet some words don't align? For example, I would assume sixty ilms would be bigger than twenty ilms. Reyna even says "a mere twenty ilms" which sounds like she's saying it's smaller.

However, Govv speaks about it as if the fish he seeks is bigger (brushing off her sixty ilm fish as too small). I get this impression by him saying the fish "dwarfs even her in size", which too me sounds like he's saying it's so big it makes her seem dwarfed in comparison (although I suppose it could also mean that it is smaller than her in size, dwarfed compared to her). But he also says that the ones he saw must have been fully grown. Which again, implies that it should be bigger.

SO,
My problem here is that it seems to me that she should have mentioned a smaller fish first and then gone on to mention finding a larger one. But the numbers and some text ("mere") don't add up to that. Perhaps they made a mistake in the measurement text? Maybe they meant to use a different unit but didn't. Like malms or something?

Or maybe I'm just really stupid and having an oversight? I showed some friends and they were all just as confused as I was. Can anyone shed some light on this or am I right in that it makes little sense?


The only thing I can think of is MAYBE she is demonstrating that the fish grow rapidly? They were this size here but smaller at the start? So it's reasonable to think they got bigger as they went west....?

[Legion88]

It makes all sense and Govv makes the right conclusion from the statements.
The fish wanders from their birthplace in East Othard to Thavnair and further to Eorzea and grows on his way.
They use the opposing way to make the conclusion easier to understand.
Eorzea: giant size -> Thavnair: medium size -> East Othard: small size
But all 3 are the same fish on all 3 places but on different times in the life cycle.

[Mikki]

It makes all sense and Govv makes the right conclusion from the statements.
The fish wanders from their birthplace in East Othard to Thavnair and further to Eorzea and grows on his way.
They use the opposing way to make the conclusion easier to understand.
Eorzea: giant size -> Thavnair: medium size -> East Othard: small size
But all 3 are the same fish on all 3 places but on different times in the life cycle.

Yes, okay! That's what I was suspecting but I wasn't 100% sure. Thanks for confirming it for me~ n__n