[Your money or your life, etc. Shin knows he's not very threatening without one. What does he want... what can he give away that he wants, and how useful is the PDA to him as opposed to to Komaeda. Low ball or high ball it?]
...How about something from the vending machines?
[It's pitched friendly, but it's clearer than he thinks that it's testing the waters. Several waters at once, really. Komaeda's willingness to play along, if he's still like what Shin remembers... and if nothing else it's worth school attendance.]
no subject
[Your money or your life, etc. Shin knows he's not very threatening without one.
What does he want... what can he give away that he wants, and how useful is the PDA to him as opposed to to Komaeda. Low ball or high ball it?]
...How about something from the vending machines?
[It's pitched friendly, but it's clearer than he thinks that it's testing the waters. Several waters at once, really. Komaeda's willingness to play along, if he's still like what Shin remembers... and if nothing else it's worth school attendance.]