Let's not forget some of the other near-death experiences. Rydia and Edward get sucked into a giant whirlpool. Cain and Cecil survive a fire and an earthquake. The twins are stoners.
Rydia probably had an invisible beard to accompany her bushy eyebrows-this is why Leviathan accepted her (and not Edward, who was washed to shore in a land of women who wore purple...He fits right in).