"So you've been in actual dungeons," Eddie says. "And you come from a place with real dragons."

Back in Hawkins, before the five days he spent running from the cops and Jason Carver, Eddie never would have believed that. But after those five days, followed by Darrow, he believes a hell of a lot. That this very tall man has been in a dungeon and may have heard real stories of dragons doesn't seem all that far out anymore.

"If I get a party going, you want to try?" he asks. Why not? Eddie will already be teaching a bunch of new players, one more can't hurt.