Ned character design
Ned is an old man who works at the front desk of the Stern Boarding School. He seems to be Eva's only friend there and appears only in A Fresh Start.
Ned is asleep at the desk when Eva comes asking for a package from her dad. He gives her the package, but it is not from her father; instead it is a part she ordered months ago for her rocket-seat. Eva is thrilled and tells Ned "If you weren't so old and ugly, I could kiss you!" As she runs off, Ned smiles and mutters to himself, "If I were fifty years younger..."