User blog comment:Darkcloud1111/''The Mark of Athena'' Plot Holes/@comment-153.107.33.151-20121010023019/@comment-4649443-20121012055444

Maybe Gaea found a way to mess with time to make deadlines seem far away even though they're superclose.

i.e. Maybe Kronos's Consciousness is trying to mess them up so that if Gaea rules, he will live(ish) again.