Re: STRANGER KIDS
Steve assumes his usual psuedo-leader role, and I think he'll pose splitting into teams starting from the center of the mall and each team taking one of the two wings. As long as it's minimum 2 people together, that's about as good as it ever gets with the Hawkins crowd. Plus! They have phones now! All hail phones that actually are better than walkie-talkies. Steve will relent that it's actually a better set-up despite still not getting why everyone uses the text function even if there aren't zombies lurking.
As he mentions splitting up, he gives Nancy a glance. It's instinctive and maybe a little wishful, but he isn't going to break out the teams based on that. Maybe they should draw straws?