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𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐃𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐌𝐚𝐱 took the three of them by surprise. Steve, who Dustin had addressed directly, looked between the younger teen and the television. "Do you guys see this? Someone was murdered" He said, gravely. Dustin didn't seemed phased by this, and in response, repeated his question, forcefully.
"How many phones do you have?"
Steve frowned at him, "Two, why?"
"Three, if you count Keith's in the back" Robin added.
Max looked at Dustin and nodded, "Yeah, three works".
"Why?" Lily asked, repeating Steve's question.
Dustin ignored her. He threw off his backpack and flung it over the counter. It collided with a pile of videos Robin had carefully arranged earlier. "My pile!" She exclaimed.
Then, he threw himself over the counter, this time sending a stack of tapes to the floor. "Easy, Henderson" Lily scowled, as one of the tapes flew into her shin. Steve looked at him in despair, "No, no, no! My tapes, dude!"
Again, Dustin ignored them. He sat down at the computer behind the counter and began to furiously type. Lily, Steve, and Robin stood amongst the fallen tapes and videos, all baffled by the way Dustin was acting.
"What are you doing, man?" Steve asked him.
"Setting up base of operations here" He answered.
"Base of operations?" Robin frowned.
For the third time that morning, Dustin ignored them. He pressed several more keys and the Family Video customer database appeared on the screen. Clearly concerned about the breach of privacy, Steve tried to grab the mouse from him. "Get off! You can't use that".
Dustin moved his hand away, "I need it!" He protested.
"For what?"
"Looking up Eddie's friends' phone numbers".
"Eddie Munson?" Lily frowned, "Why?"
"Yes, Eddie Munson" Dustin said, simply, "Who else?"
"Jesus, okay. There are other Eddie's in Hawkins".
