Well...the girl who owned the alligator gave me some chocolate on Valentine's day-- just as friends, but other than that, no I didn't ask them to pay me.

[He hesitates, seemingly weighing his options about something for a moment. The truth is that he was happy with just their thanks and the knowledge that he'd helped someone but...he's pretty sure Kokichi will just laugh at him if he shares that.]

[No, scratch that. He's definitely sure Kokichi will laugh at him if he shares that. So he doesn't.]

They weren't...really official cases, you know? And I'm not a professional detective, [This would have been before he was the SHSL Detective, even.] so it didn't feel right to ask for payment.