"I just mean...some kind of unified effort from your world's superheroes could change something like that...but it sounds like your world's heroes can't get themselves all unified."

He looked at the floor, thinking. "Which is sad. Not everyone gets along for us, but at least in a crisis, we all pull together, old heroes or... brand spankin' it's-your-very-first-day new. Hero versus heroes...that usually only happens if someone's mind controlled, or tricked, or there's a misunderstanding."

He looked up at her again. "It's really good that you and your friends haven't given up, though, despite all that."