For the most part, he said. And Ryan would probably agree to that if he gave it enough thought, but for the moment he was convinced that these divine entities subsisted entirely on what people made of them. Their history was defined by the mortals, their personalities were shaped by the mortals and what they do in the future, especially for those like US Military, depended heavily on what the mortals ended up choosing to do.
They weren't more powerful than people in that sense - it was probably more the opposite. And whether Ryan felt that knowing was better because he could serve people better, or whether he felt it because that was something the concept of 'US Military' should embody as well was something no one would ever know.
"I don't know. You don't even know where we're going."