He takes pity on poor Assan and the feathers vanish back into the mess of them at his back.

"Uh, I don't know if you would call it the same as magic or anything." Hawks muses thoughtfully.

"Ha, well..." He rubs the back of his neck a little awkwardly. "Most people in my world don't have them either, just heteromorphs have permanent mutations. Some quirks involve temporary transformations, but along with the quirks came human mutations so...it's kind of weird, I guess."

It has been well drilled into him that these traits of his are inhuman and shameful, so he willingly downplays them.