Illustration by André Carrilho The members of the Nursery Oversight Committee are now clear that it would in retrospect have been possible to make a better decision than appointing the primordial titan, Kronos, to run the Baby Room. The previous manager, Susan, was experienced and well liked. Kronos was known to the public for having devoured his own children as soon as they were born, in a failed attempt to thwart an ancient prophecy (a story confirmed by a number of well-known paintings). These actions had been recognised in the due-diligence check on Kronos, as were other issues (castrating his father with a sickle, impregnating his sister), but the thinking was that this had been a long time ago, he had since disgorged the children, and that an elder deity like Kronos would bring serious name recognition. This was indeed the case – but, as it turned out, for exactly the wrong reasons.…