[ eddie laughs and steve makes a face at him, something akin to yeah, go ahead and laugh, but there - again - isn't any real edge to it. all of this is pretty absurd, all things considered, but also like. when isn't it?

steve could try and explain more about el if eddie asked, but he would probably be incredibly disappointed to learn that uh. steve doesn't really....know much more. dustin would, but steve's brain kind of turned off for a bit there, and by a bit he really means almost any time dustin went into ranting mode. ]

No way- you need to be, like, smart to learn magic, right? [ he vaguely remembers dustin talking about wizards and being smart. vaguely. still, steve shakes his head, fully disagreeing, and only really stopping with the shake of his head when eddie says steve. ]

What? No. [ and now it's steve's turn to also look serious, setting his cup down and placing one palm atop the other, like he's holding an imaginary baseball bat. ] They're totally similar. You've gotta use two hands, and it's all about making contact. Dude, I've killed things with my bat back home, I know how they work.