Er, well I wouldn't put it quite that way, but the boys standing aside to let a weaker and less powerful Pixie go alone against Illyana, who's inflicted major physical and spiritual harm on them is rather unlikely. I agree that the boys are heavy handed to start with, their position is understandable rather than acceptable, but it's not helped by Sam and certainly not by Illyana herself who actually invites more confrontation with her comment there.