That... was almost literally true.

"The trick to landing is to absorb the energy with your muscles, not your joints. Don't lock your limbs."

Dust took a step back, then jumped into the air himself -- as a ridiculous platformer hero the Sen-Mithrarin, he didn't need boots to propel himself eight or ten feet in the air. When he descended, he did just what he described, landing lightly with a slight flex of his legs to take the strain of his impact into his muscles.