well, here in philly, a guy got hit by the L train a few weeks ago, but he's going to be able to walk again. so i would say anything's possible.

Cid's the top engineer in the world, so I'm sure he knows alot about explosions and has been caught in them a few times.

Yang is a top-tier monk, and must have spent years, if not decades to prepare for pain.

a little more realistic than the beard theories, but no more credible.