There were many aspects of fatherhood that Sanadhil found overwhelming, and it didn’t help that the expectations were so conflicting. When someone told him of new mischief that his oldest sons had gotten in to, should he be pleased or upset? It also didn’t help that their interests and schemes were so far outside the range of his own childhood experiences. In this particular case the lesson to be learned seemed fairly clear to him - it was no good to enact an elaborate plan if it could be too easily traced back to you. They should know better.