"That's how it is for us, too. The gods are in charge, behind the scenes. And it seems like regular mortals have the power, but almost all of the really powerful people have godly blood in them, so..." so it's really just the gods, still? In a way?

"It's not great," she admits. "But I get it. If you have all that power, why would you give that up?"

It's probably good nobody is paying attention to them right now.