I got the feelign you couldn't breath in the lifestream though, jsut like in water. And to swing the sword like he does? Thats just plain raw power and skill right there. That would take a lot of muscle. Barret might have the strenght, but cloud didn't seem that beefy to me.

That does leave me with a question though. Why do the give the huge towering mass of power a gun, and a scrawny little blonde guy the sword? Shouldn't it be the other way around?