"It may disappoint you to hear that it is not even so interesting as that." He moves to drop himself into a chair. "So far as I can tell we are all accounted for....just inconvenienced."

Which is the real crime here, isn't it? The tedium of being uncomfortable and put out. If there were some actual conflict then there would be a sense of something to be fought against. As it is it is simply 'not ideal'.

Unimaginative of the Gods, if you ask him.