Fair enough, but consider this--in some retellings of the story, usually the ones where the mermaid princess's tongue was cut out, the prince wasn't quite so nice.

Walking on her new legs was sheer agony, but he asked her to dance for him despite it. He paraded her around more like a trophy, and when he realized who he was to marry, he left her in the dust without a second thought.

Would that still be the correct choice?