Hey Rachel, what's the deal with Warlock?

You mean aside from the thing where he is the best ever, Miles?

Well, I mean, what's his deal?

He's a space robot, right?

But also a virus and a mutant?

Yeah, basically, you've got it covered.

And he's the same thing as the phalanx.

Uh, sort of. The phalanx is what happens when organic matter survives infection by the transmode virus.

Which is also warlock?

Again, sort of.

See, warlock is part of a race called the Technarks and they feed on energy. They can consume it in pure form. We'll see

Warlock plugging into wall outlets now and again, but in the wild their default mode of eating is to

infect an organic life form alive or dead with the transmot virus

turning it into techno-organic material from which they can then consume the energy

directly.

Wait, wait, wait, is this cable's technoregantic virus?

It sure is.

Which is different from the one apocalypse used to make Angel into Archangel?

No, same virus.

What about the one Strife tried to kill Xavier with during executioner's song?

Oh, it's that one too.

And it's also the one that Selene used to resurrect cipher during Nicroia.

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