[While she doesn't know these gods, she's the disciple of one and been in the presence of many others. Torn between amusement at a human who clearly doesn't understand and the desire to correct him.]

They may be limited by greater forces. It can be hard to understand the challenges and battles the gods fight. Gods may completely ignore whole wars, but protect a simple farmstead because in the larger scheme that farmstead is more important than the entire kingdom.

[Goes with correcting him. He seems smart enough to be worth the trouble.]