Morton's Links
Morton loves Pearl. She's his best friend. He's often said it's too bad they don't have any interest in one another or perhaps they might be in love, but alas neither of them do. He loves her cheery personality and her way of looking at life. He loves how willing she is to jump in and help him on the weekends with the farmer's market. He worries about her, about her shitty boss, stressful job and that creepy boyfriend of hers. He's going to keep an eye on her and make sure she's safe. He can't imagine life without her, after all.
Morton thinks Merlin is a great person, one of his close friends, but at the same time there's a tiny bit of a wall there. Merlin is his tutor and as such he's placed a little higher in Morton's mind. Merlin is someone to be respected and listened to on top of being his friend. So while he feels close to him, he probably would never do something like take his problems to him the way he might with Pearl.
Confusion. He feels like he KNOWS Maugrim, like he knows him better than anyone, but that doesn't make sense because they never met before, right? He feels this strong pull to Maugrim and yet he feels hesitant around the other ailidae too. It's like there's some secret there that he wants to unlock and yet he's afraid to. Despite all of that, he feels affection for him. He likes his charm and his accent and the whole package. He's learning to be more confident around him.
His little sister! He loves her and he thinks she's absolutely adorable. In some ways, she can do no wrong in his mind. He worries about her a lot, though. He worries about if she's in a good place, if she has enough money, and if she's going to end up hurt with her weird ideas. He doesn't like her hanging around Lucien and he's always going to be a little bit overprotective of her.