To be totally fair to the gods in Hadriel, they specifically told people they weren't gods, but the name stuck anyway. But... Yeah. People love the title, whether giving it to others or using it for themselves.

[And he'd made it clear how he feels about that, so he doesn't go into it again. But on the other note about working together--]

More interpersonal cooperation than in your world, or in New Amsterdam?

[So that he knows how scathing to be.]