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Robin : You ever get so tired you start seeing spiders?
Steve : Me after being awake for 3 days and start seeing the hat man.
Eddie : The who???
Steve : Oh this is suddenly not a safe space.
Dustin : Eddie, give me your bat!
Eddie : My bat??
Dustin : Don't you carry a bat in your bag?
Eddie : Have you ever met a person carrying a bat in their bag??
Dustin calling Steve : Hey Steve do you carry a bat in your bag?
Steve : Of course, I'm not an animal.
Steve: When I said bring me something back from the beach I meant like a conch shell!
Eddie : *Struggling to hold a seagull* Fucking say that next time!
Steve convinced Eddie that he was in witness protection during their recovery post-Vecna. Why else would he be constantly alone in such a big house, or be able to afford all the groceries and bills on minimum wage?
Eddie buys it completely, because Steve shows him some old scars and mentions that they were the result of him being kidnapped and interrogated in New York. He's hyped to be let in on such a big secret, swears to take it to his grave, and Steve "rewards" him by admitting his original name; Joseph. (It's actually his middle name, but Eddie is so earnest that he has to put a LITTLE truth into it)
Robin is the one who finally tells Eddie the truth, but Eddie is too impressed with Steve's storytelling to be angry. As punishment, he bullies Steve into helping him write a new campaign, which is how they first discover that Steve's a storytelling prodigy. His ideas make the entire party cry during their next campaign, to Eddie's delight.