( Eddie can't help but feel his heart start to ache as Steve tells him everything. The fact that Steve had gone through this, mostly alone, and Eddie had no clue. At least he was able to offer Steve a little bit of solace when they smoked together, but that seemed like it paled in comparison to what Stee really needed.

He rubs a hand across his face when Steve wraps up the story he tells him. As outlandish as it is, he believes every word of it. ) Shit. Fucking hell, you're telling me that there's this...this place that exists and we're just...we've just been living with it right there all this time? What the fuck?

( Clearly the lab, the government, all of that covering up was done expertly if this is the first Eddie is finding out about everything. But now it all paints a much clearer picture, of a much darker Hawkins than he had ever imagined. ) What do we do, man? Everyone's gonna think I -- I killed her.