[And here he'd thought even the inner circle would be treated with gruffness. Or perhaps, he just wasn't expecting to get that golden ticket so fast. Kristoff seems a tough nut to crack, so he can't help feeling a little smug about how well this appears to be going.]

It certainly puts everything that happened back home into perspective. [See, he's so mature and he doesn't even care what happened. Everyone should just not care too.] Now, now! Don't sell yourself short! I might be a prince, but you certainly look like you could hold your own in a fight.