By New Mutants #21, Doug helps establish communication with him, and Rahne helps him recharge. Once the team can understand him, he becomes their friend and a student rather tha…

By New Mutants #21, Doug helps establish communication with him, and Rahne helps him recharge. Once the team can understand him, he becomes their friend and a student rather than just a strange thing loose in the mansion. A lot of the humor comes from how literally he takes things. He's learning human behavior while living with a group of teenagers who are barely managing their own lives. That is not the easiest introduction to Earth. His friendship with Doug gives him somebody who can explain things, and Doug gets somebody who understands what it's like to feel out of place on the team. Warlock can turn into transportation, protective shapes and all kinds of useful things. He can combine with Doug to keep him safe. But the books also make room for him to be scared, confused or upset. He's a person who happens to be able to turn himself into something his friends can ride in, not a vehicle they keep parked outside.