Hawks doesn't really mind the lack of politeness. He's been doing the hero thing for years now, and people who are panicking don't often remember what manners are. Anyway, he'd feel pretty demanding if he was trapped on the ground with those crazy shoppers. He's just lucky he can fly.

Despite his relatively small stature, he's also pretty strong. Besides that, his wings don't work like he's a bird or something. Part of how he flies has to do with telekinetic feather control as much as it does actually just flying. He can't fly if he loses too many feathers, but he has more control and more relative weight bearing capacity this way.

"All right, hang on," he says, but he's already moving as he says it. He can fly faster than the shopper zombies (what a terrible phrase, he thinks, but what else can he call them?) can run. Still, it's a close enough thing. He zips down to pick Kyle up. It may not be entirely dignified, but it's better than being trampled, right?