Ian saw the kids atmosphere change for an instant before becoming dull and cut off. The moment he felt the change in the kid he recognized her. The little kid was ⨊, his ⨊. But seeing how she behaved, he remembered the others advising him about how scared ⨊ would be to face him after what had happened the last time they met. He realized that she was pretending not to recognize him and that she didn't know that he had already got his memory back. So he played along with her ruse, not wanting to frighten her off.
"Ian?" called out Nina watching him with the kid. "Shouldn't we take the kid to a care unit?" asked Haley. "No," said Ian holding ⨊ closer to him. "We can't just let her be and none of us knows what's wrong with her. And what about her parents? They must be searching for her," said Caren. "I know her. She doesn't have any parents," said Ian. Nina and Vincent hesitated when they heard him. "What are you talking about? Can you even see her appearance? You have never interacted with anyone. Let alone a kid. The only kid..." said Gin stopping when he remembered the only kid Ian knew.
"Gin? What's wrong?" asked Alex. "Is it really that one?" asked Steve. "We at least need to get her checked up, to see what wrong with her. We won't leave her there if that's what you want," said Vincent. "Don't you want to know how to help her?" asked Nina trying to convince Ian. "I'm not leaving her alone for even one second," said Ian making himself clear to the others about where he stood. Alex, Rin, Fei and Mike were confused about the other's behavior. Especially the way Ian behaved around that kid.
