"Oh, so you must have stopped them then," Steve says brightly, because if someone was still trying to open the gate, there's no way that Hopper would be this calm. He leads Steve off and he cranes his head to look around, squinting against the lights.

"I don't know where everyone went, but--" He twists around and grabs Hopper's arm, looking at him very seriously. "I need food. Like, right now food."