Eda can't help laughing herself, at Manji's reaction.

"Never," she agrees, with no hesitation whatsoever. "But... he wasn't as bad before he was principal," she goes on, a little bit less flippantly.

"Even stuck his neck out for me a few times." Maybe she's just feeling nostalgic because she misses everyone, or maybe she's softened up on the man again since he's been nice to Luz. Probably some of both.