"Wait, why were they actually fighting instead of, like, presenting an estimate of how much damage they'd do by fighting and how much expected utility they thought they could gain from that for themselves, and asking the other gods to make them an offer?"

"Why would they actually fight instead of, like, presenting an estimate of how much damage they'd do by fighting and how much expected utility they thought they could gain from that for themselves, and asking the other gods to make them an offer?"

"Why would those gods actually fight instead of, like, presenting an estimate of how much damage they'd do by fighting and how much expected utility they thought they could gain from that for themselves, and asking the other gods to make them an offer?"