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There is one big difference though. As I just said, Adam seems to have some difficulty controlling the absorbed energy, or possibly containing it. In Heroes and Monsters, he went into Red mode when he blocked Blake's shots, and then couldn't reseath his sword. He had to make a significant two handed effort to force Wilt back into Blush, which also cancelled his red mode. No sword should be that difficult to sheath, and indeed every other time he does it seems to be a smooth effortless action on his part.

Additionally, we have never seen him take a single step or otherwise move from the spot where he goes into his red mode until he either strikes or cancels it in some way.

I'm not sure of the exact implications of this, but it certainly seems like activating his semblance somehow limits his ability to do anything besides strike back