As far as I understand, Crime of the Sky happens because Long or higher beings get a nearly irresistible desire to consume their children. According to "The Dream of the Conspiracy of the Lower Skies", physical laws are a result of Hours enacting their lesses passions. But is the compulsion to eat your children a similar product of the influence of the Hours? If so, which Hour you believe to be responsible for maintaining it?

On a fundamental level, I think it's a byproduct of the fact that "Hours, far more than mortals, are subject to their passions" (the same book). The deeper question is: why do Hours allow things to stay this way? My theory is that this intensity of passion is the root cause of Hours' influence on the world and a source or their power. So even if this law is produced and maintained by an Hour, any tinkering with it, no matter how careful, carries a risk of depriving both the Hours and the world of what they currently are. Which is why the Hours leave it alone, for better or worse.

What are your thoughts on the matter?