[ He knows that she's overestimating how sure she was; he remembered the nights she'd stayed up studying the different countries in order to try and prove herself to Elsa, the times that she had wondered aloud to him if she was just good for throwing parties and nothing else, the moments he'd watched as she enviously watched Elsa be what he knew Anna thought was the perfect Queen.

But he doesn't call her out on it. He figures it's not important anymore how she views her role as a princess. Not when it's not what she has to do anymore.

He reaches up to brush away her tears with the pad of his thumb, giving her a soft smile. ]

Of course I was. I couldn't stop thinking about you the entire time I was gone. And you know how much the other icemen love it when you're not paying attention. [ That bit is definitely said with plenty of sarcasm. ] I guess that's when I realized I should propose. I couldn't stand going that long without seeing you anymore.

[ He swallows, before deciding to return to her other point, his voice a little more serious. ]

And finding out you wanted me to be King only made that decision more important. Because it is selfish. I can't leave Arendelle with almost no way of contacting me for that long a period of time. What if something happened to you? It would take too long to get me, too long for me to get back— it would leave the kingdom vulnerable. Or if something happened to me before we had children, and the kingdom didn't have an heir... You'd have to remarry, quickly, probably, and you know it would end up being political instead of for love. Those aren't things that I can risk once we're married.