[ Eddie's right, Gareth does know better than all of that. He can't bring himself to be that surprised with what he's hearing. Eddie isn't one to make shit up. Sure he writes whole fantasy epics for his campaigns but he doesn't just make shit like that up to fuck with his friends, especially not when it's so serious like this. So Gareth listens, he sits and patches Eddie up and he listens to what the guy has to say. ]

Okay...so...that's a lot.

[ He finally gets a moment to process and it's hard. His brow is furrowed as his hands fall to rest on Eddie's knees absently. ]

So you're saying there's some weird alternate dimension and something from that other side was killing people and...what...opened like gates or something to that other side and those are the craters that appeared with the earthquakes? Do I have all that right?

[ Standing Gareth sort of ran a hand through his hair and paced a bit. ]

That's a lot of weird to take in, Eds. Even for Hawkins.