Wouldn't Nocwich or Luna want bargaining power too? [ which is to say: most of this is fully out of steve's depth. he has no idea what the singularity is beyond the very basics, and he's not really sure he even wants to know.

his face scrunches up a bit at the whole concept of the badlands. it sounds like it should come out of a movie, not be some....weird far-off place that people are throwing magic missiles over. ] I don't even know why Solvunn wants that area anyway. I thought they were doing okay up here, staying out of the war and everything.

[ and honestly, steve supposes he gets it - why people would stay, even when they know their home is dangerous. he still lives in hawkins, doesn't he? after everything? though...that is probably a much deeper question that he's not really in the mood to ask himself, so he'll just move on. ]

Would a Library in Solvunn really have information on why people are going missing in Thorne? Or do you mean looking for something else...?