What were the two conditions set by Kaka Mahajani's friend before visiting Shirdi, and were they upheld?

Kaka Mahajani's friend, a devotee of the formless and a skeptic of idol worship, agreed to go to Shirdi under two specific conditions. As Chapter 35 recounts, he told Kaka Mahajani, "We will never bow our heads, nor provide any Dakshina." He was resolute in this stance. However, his resolve was broken upon meeting Sai Baba. When Baba spoke to him in a voice that sounded exactly like his deceased father's, the friend "melted inside" and spontaneously bowed his head at Baba's feet, thus breaking his first condition. Interestingly, Baba never asked him for Dakshina, only requesting it from Kaka, which left the friend feeling restless.