[ Well, that's not the explanation that Eddie expects to hear. Because that shouldn't be possible. How can Steve both exist here, and also have continued to exist in Hawkins?

And because Eddie's mind is filled with plots from various campaigns he has both run and played in, he can't help but wrack his brain for monsters, for Big Bad Evil Guys that would even have the capability of doing such a thing. Because clearly, the world runs in D&D metaphors. Well, if they could name a monster after Vecna, who's to say there isn't a monster for another eldritch horror out there? ]

Um. I hate to burst your bubble, Harrington, but you were most definitely back there. In Hawkins. Helping us. So unless the Steve that I -- unless that Steve is a doppelganger then that would mean you're the doppelganger and...

shit, I think I need to sit down for this one.