Othello's Links
"Friend... Thank... Thank you! Followed, please!" Othello didn't quite get the order right, and perhaps memorized a word in there that shouldn't be in there, but these were the first human words he'd actually had been taught rather than picked up on. He treasured them a lot more, and wouldn't you know it, he'd been thanking everything under the sea since then. The crabs are tired of him. Ordinarily somewhat indifferent and very reclusive, somehow, he becomes a lot more lively and loud around Isolde. Perhaps instinctively seeing her as an elder figure of some sort. Either way, he very much treasures her presence. If it weren't for the fact that he'd dry out on the land, he'd probably be following her around as attached to her like the tail on a dog.
"Good boy! Here's another flower for remembering the magic words."
It's not often that Isolde grows fond of anyone or anything, with Othello being one of the very few people that she actively lets down her guard around. Like how the merman could sense that the entity is not a malicious being, Isolde could tell that Othello himself is pure of heart, albeit a bit alien to the customs of the land dwellers. She enjoys being his mentor and (attempting to) teach him human speech, even if his progress is somewhat slow. Perhaps above all, the merman reminds Isolde of the distant past, when she used to gaze at the expansive sea with an awe that she no longer feels in the present...
"Friend... Friend...! Teach you... friend taught me..." Eager and very pleased to have met and befriended another merfolk, Othello puts no stops to teaching Dove everything he knows. From showing him the little crabs he likes to tease, to teaching him the human words he has picked up on and has been taught. Although Dove doesn't really seem to use the words he's been taught, Othello knows that he is listening closely, and is happy enough with that alone.
"Hm..." Listening intently with a somewhat lazy and lax demeanor, Dove is quite fond of Othello, to put it lightly. He unquestionably follows his word, taking interest in everything he is shown by him. He often picks up objects and flora he thinks Othello would enjoy, and is very happy when it is so. He had attempted to bring back live creatures, once, but what has been in the sea that Othello hasn't already seen? And things that do not belong in the sea... would not fare well in the sea. He had been ignored by a sulking Othello the last time he brought a rabbit, and never did so again.