He only fully notices the creature once it bumps into his foot - if not just since he was too caught up in the realisation that apparently his dancing is bad enough to make people actually want to outright flee from it.

But it's hard to not notice the sensation against his shoes, so he glances down, spotting the octopus as it looks up to him. For a moment Inigo looks surprised, since this certainly isn't like anything he expected to find, but then there's that cooing voice.

And that melts his heart.

Inigo sniffs, and if she can see well enough in that form, Eight may notice his eyes being more than just a little watery. It becomes more obviously when he slowly moves to squat down, being on a slightly more even level with the octopus.

"Ah.. Sorry. Were you trying to comfort me..?"