Quote Originally Posted by Kaurhz View Post
Liked the instance, hated everything surrounding it. If it were as simple as just pluck our soul out, and into a new body, and one where we have seemingly no combat prowess (yet Zenos retains as much of his prowess as ever), then why wouldn't Fandaniel, or any Ascian for that matter do it in the beginning. I dislike it simply because it does in fact beg that question.
It was done with the soul extraction process of Aulus from Stormblood and he got killed by us, which likely resulted in his research being lost for a bit. Presumably the technology hadn't been completed until some point while we were on the First or at some point after we got back. Keep in mind that even with Ascian aid, it wore off after half an hour.

Really, my only issue with that stretch of plot is that Zenos takes your body, and then you immediately get it back and he's like "Well, that happened. See you later, best frenemy.". Cool sequence, but it resolves really easily.