[ It doesn't escape Eddie's notice the way Gareth reacted. He kind of expected it, after all. He doesn't like the idea of leaving the rest of the band, the rest of Hellfire behind, but he knows even if his name gets cleared, he wouldn't be able to look at Hawkins the same again.

The way everyone rallied to the cause of tracking him down, that's just not something he's ever going to forget. ]

Yeah, or maybe even further. If I can wrangle enough cash together.

[ He's not sure how he's going to make this work without finishing high school, but it's not like he'd survive the rest of high school. He wouldn't trust his teachers not to fail him again simply because of what happened, too. ]

But, um. Let's take it one step at a time, yeah?

[ Because there's no point in looking that far ahead when there's no guarantee Eddie will even be able to get his name cleared. And if he doesn't, then he's going to have to tread very carefully to get the hell out of Hawkins without being caught. ]