Hephaestus was a very calm god, normally focused on his gadgets and gizmos alot, so if you wanted to talk with him, you had to expect to not be looked at and get blunt answers from him.

You were another god, just a lesser known one, you did help humans once in a while, but you liked to just chill around, and sometimes even join in on what they did.

One day, Hephaestus offered to help you build something, and you were quite happy he offered, so you sat next to him as he taught you step by step.. until you both didn't realise 'God Games' had started until you both heard a loud

HEPHAESTUS

Which scared you both shitless, so you both glance over to see Athena waiting for Hephaestus to speak, so he awkwardly made up an excuse to get it over with

"Trust is not given, its forged, why should I give him my support? He sacrificed his own cohort.." Hephaestus sighed, making it obvious he didn't give a shit