He says it like it should be obvious, but it isn't as if there's any way she could have known that. Hopper has seemed nice enough so far, he really has, a hell of a lot better than any of the adults in Derry, but trust doesn't come easily, especially with adults. She has to be careful, has to protect herself, because it's the only way she's ever managed to get by thus far. The more he talks, though, the more Beverly thinks that she might just have someone on her side here. That's not something she's used to. Even with her friends back home, it was a new phenomenon, but with adults, it's even stranger.

"Alright, good," she says, then takes a deep breath and forces a little levity back into her voice. "'Cause, I mean, then I'd just have more of a reason to skip school, which would kind of defeat the purpose, right?"