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[X-Men Animated] Does Storm have to narrate her powers?

In the X-Men animated series from the 1990s, most of the X-Men just use their powers, but Storm specifically melodramatically narrates everything she does, “forces of nature, I command you!  Summon forth a torrent of rain!”, that sort of thing. 

Does she HAVE to do this in order for her powers to work, or does she just do it because it’s cool?
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She ‘has to’ in the sense that saying it aloud helps her focus her powers into a specific intention, but the elements aren’t actually listening to her words and responding.

It’s like a kicker in football needing the ball held a certain way or having a mantra before a kick - the ball doesn’t care, but the player needs to do it in order to focus and believe in what they are attempting.