The prophecy was shocking and something that Chronos did not want to hear
At first, their father did not believe it.
But the doubt fester like a wound that could not close.
The more he tried not to think about it, the more the thought spreads
And so, he became paranoid. Hades tries to understand his father, a deed that Zeus, Demeter and Poseidon is not fond of entertaining
Hades had many thought about why his father became paranoid and crazy in his later years.
Cronus knows the way he rose to the throne was not right. He betrayed his father and there will always be this fear that since he could betray his father, his sons could also emulate him and betray him just like he did.
He could have killed Hades the moment he was born.
But instead, he swallowed them
