[ nancy smiles too, but yeah, it's definitely an effort. she knows steve doesn't have a great relationship with his parents, so she's not about to argue with him about it. maybe things actually are less complicated without having to hide the reality of things from their parents just to try and keep them out of it, and keep them safe. she can roll with that.

h o w e v e r. ]

None of us are going to die. That's not an option. [ she will obviously be able to kill any of the things trying to kill them because she is nancy wheeler. ] And because our parents aren't here, that just means we have to step up. Which... you have, obviously, but I'm here to help now. [ a beat ] And that starts with getting Mike to get a hair cut.