The mockingbirds and the jays, engaged in their old feud for possession of the magnolia tree beneath her window, were bickering, the jays strident, acrimonious, the mockers sweet voiced and plaintive.
In between battling supervillains and interdimensioned threats, the team bickered, fought, and acted like you'd expect regular, flawed people with superpowers to act.
" Birds in their little nests agree, " sang Beth, the peacemaker, with such a funny face that both sharp voices softened to a laugh, and the " pecking" ended for that time.