The normal Emma would have agreed with him, and would have been extremely proud of the way she'd ruined a bully's day. She probably would've high-fived Ned and offered him a few tips on dealing with Gary if that ever happened in the future.
This Emma, however, merely shrugged and moved to the machine to refill her slurpee, careful not to step on the spilled ice.
"Gary's a coward and a jerk," she said. "He only bullies people he thinks will let him get away with it, because he's too chicken to go after the ones who'll fight back."