Apparently some of them are slowly coming around, or something like that. Getting power from people slowly. But the good ones can't even get rid of some pesky monsters, or let us out, or stop new people from being drawn in.

[He shrugs. Some gods.]

That's okay. We don't need them. We can figure out a way on our own! Good ol' human ingenuity. Or whatever a person might be. Some elbow grease and a confident smile will get us through.