Quote Originally Posted by Anatha View Post
It really makes you realize how overwhelmingly different we are as eorzeans and as the WoL compared to the Garleans.

We are /not/ normal, or anything close to it.

Sure that's all been alluded to or spelled out, with friendly npcs pointing out how different we are.

Another factor examined is life without magick. We had no understanding of that either besides comments.

It wasn't until that quest that you really feel it.

Was it frustrating? Did you feel desperate? Hopeless? Angry? Resentful?

Now you know what drives them. Now you know what it was like to be them.
Pretty much. It's actually a really well-made illustration/ story beat to show you how helpless you'd be without all your tricks. These people are by all means physically disabled in their world.