Filling up a glass at the sink, Hopper sets it down in front of Steve, then sits across from him, his forearms folded on the table.
"The Russians were trying to open the gate," he repeats. "The one El closed."
Maybe it had been stupid of him to think that maybe things could just go right for that poor kid. Just once. But he's got that copy of her doctored birth certificate in a locked drawer in his bedroom and he'd thought maybe that meant she would be able to just live. She could go out into the world and be Jane Hopper and not have to worry about any more gates or monsters. But now Steve is telling him there are Russians trying to open the gate and if Steve is involved, he's got to figure they're all involved in some way.
"Christ," he says, then rubs a hand over his face. "And the Russians drugged you and beat the shit out of you."
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"The Russians were trying to open the gate," he repeats. "The one El closed."
Maybe it had been stupid of him to think that maybe things could just go right for that poor kid. Just once. But he's got that copy of her doctored birth certificate in a locked drawer in his bedroom and he'd thought maybe that meant she would be able to just live. She could go out into the world and be Jane Hopper and not have to worry about any more gates or monsters. But now Steve is telling him there are Russians trying to open the gate and if Steve is involved, he's got to figure they're all involved in some way.
"Christ," he says, then rubs a hand over his face. "And the Russians drugged you and beat the shit out of you."