Peer.
You wouldn’t detain me by force, I hope?
The Old Man.
Come now, just listen to reason, Prince Peer!
You have gifts for trolldom. He acts—does he not?—
Even now in a passably troll-like fashion?
And you’d fain be a troll?
Peer.
Yes, I would, sure enough.
For a bride, and a well-managed kingdom to boot,