Avery was slightly apprehensive having someone he didn't know pick Cadence up. But he knew the name Aurie. "Octavia's Aurie?" he asked. Octavia brought the little girl to the house once in a while. "They've played together a few times," he added. In the way that small children played in the same space, but not exactly with each other.
If he knew Octavia, Avery wouldn't be as worried about him holding Cadence. Octavia was good people, and he'd said in the house, meaning he lived with her. Avery was fine with that, if that was the case.