It was, he reflected, a damn good thing he'd never deluded himself into imagining that he was a good father. The best he could hope for at this point was to do a better job than Timoteo. And that—that was something he was pretty sure he could do.

...ouch. Double ouch. When your goal is to be better than the Ninth at raising children, sounds like you're already in trouble. I like Iemetsu's self-awareness, though - how even between The Family and his family, The Family always comes first. (Xanxus is a pretty terrifying prospect for anyone, though, let alone a thirteen year old!)