Well, EXO, Shin doesn't want to frakk with Nora, I don't even know who he wants to, but definitely not her. As opposed to Max who's the kind of guy that says, "Pussy is pussy." And Shin is willing to take help he can get after repeated failures during the VF-0 training sessions. In the military you have to work as a team, and those that don't well end up being cannon fodder. Shin was pretty much cannon fodder when Nora shot him down in the first episode. And he looks much weaker because Katie whooped his ass in front of other pilots and Marines. Katie delivered a shock to his system, and he realized that he can't be the same pilot he was before meeting Roy and learning of the VF-0s existence. And a Valkyrie is a lot more flexible than a Tomcat will ever be, so he's just a soldier now, and soldiers work with each other to succeed. Well that's pretty much my assessment of Shin's character.
Was my choice of words bad??