"Yes, that's the part I don't like. Giving up who you are." Which only makes sense, considering. Not that anyone has ever tried with much success.

"She dies, and has to do good deeds to gain a soul and enter heaven, so she can be with the prince. In one version, anyway. It's sad." He gestures to the sea. "After all, who would want to give up this?"

He dips his head under the water, before re-surfacing with: "Trust a Danish man to take all the fun out of something." It carries a slightly smug undertone that the Norwegian way is better. National rivalry and all that.