His original power is also worth spending some time on. Flight can sound pretty ordinary when it is sitting beside telepathy, optic blasts and a person who can cover a battlefie…

His original power is also worth spending some time on. Flight can sound pretty ordinary when it is sitting beside telepathy, optic blasts and a person who can cover a battlefield in ice. Put Warren in the actual situation, though, and being able to get somewhere the others cannot is a real contribution. He can scout from above, reach someone falling, move between positions and get another person out of danger. Those are different jobs from standing in front of an enemy and hitting them as hard as possible. His body is adapted for flying, too. The wings are part of him, with everything that means for the way he moves and the space he needs. There is something immediately understandable about watching him fly. You do not need a long explanation of the mechanics to understand why someone would enjoy that freedom. You can also understand why hiding the wings or having them restrained would feel so miserable. That physical side of Warren matters throughout his history. A costume can be taken off. His wings cannot. They are there when the fight is over, when he is trying to have a normal conversation, and when he is deciding whether somebody gets to know who he really is. They affect far more than the action scenes.