In this double-bound cage, both gods and humans are victims of the cold natural laws, which is not just Gawain's assessment of the situation, but a consensus reached by all participants in the defied Plan who are privy to the whole truth. Even the former high-ranking Defier members Kamel and Veronica/Ophelia have now agreed with Gawain's perspective.
To the representatives present, their greatest concern wasn't the nature of this issue, but rather the fact that the once supreme gods have turned into the "victims" of something—this monumental shift in understanding rendered everyone's expressions complex. The mindset nurtured since birth made them instinctively find such a notion somewhat absurd, yet the undeniable reality forces them to acknowledge the facts laid before them.
