"Would you like to hold her?" the queen asks.
She's not acting out of sentimentality, Kurapika is aware of that. She's not the kind of proud mother that enjoys showing off her daughter to random strangers. There's only one purpose in her actions when she lifts her sleeping baby into his waiting arms. She's trying to manipulate him, just like she did earlier when she tricked him into thinking her notification was from prince Halkenburg. It's just a scheme to appear to his compassion but he can't blame her, not really, because—it's working. For the first time in months he feels like he might have found something meaningful in his life, something actually worth protecting and it's terrifying and redeeming all at once.