... I guess I could have. But it wouldn't have felt right. You clearly weren't yourself.

[As for why him... he laughs a little bit, though there's not really any humor in it.]

Bad things always tend to happen to me rather than the others.

[He lifts his pant leg to reveal... well, it's not flesh. It's some kind of almost-flesh colored metal with some kind of runes carved into it. He knocks on it with his knuckles and it makes a definitely metallic noise. He drops the pant leg.]

I know of at least one god who hates me, so there's probably more. I wouldn't be surprised if it was one of them. I'd honestly be more surprised if it wasn't.