Mike had said that, so many times, and hearing it now has El blushing a little. She's always wanted to be a superhero. She'd even met with the spider man and tried to be Move Girl for a time. It hadn't worked out. The ball lands in the center hole, the highest scoring one, and El smiles, then reaches up to wipe the sluggish trickle of blood just beginning to peek from her nostril.

"I can find people, too," she says. "I..." She hesitates, then says, "It is easier with a picture of them, but if I remember what they look like, then I can find them. In Hawkins, I could find them anywhere. In Darrow, I can only find them in Darrow. I like to check on my friends, that way. To know they are still here."