Songbird held her ground, staff raised before her, watching that the fire didn't come too close. Of course, she didn't really know if she'd be using the staff as a weapon for long. She had another plan, but while it wouldn't be hard to guess for those who knew her, she wanted it to happen suddenly and unexpectedly, not simply at the start of the battle.

So she waited, and she did not let the sting of Maleficent's words show.