I just want to say that, during the storm caused by Mike's bomb going off, El's clothes did not move. El's, clothes, did, not, move.
Kali could have easily faked herself being shot because after Hoppers speech, she saw how much El meant to Hopper and the others, and how much they meant to Eleven, so even though Kali wanted to die, she wanted Eleven to live.
Which means what Mike said could be right.
I am probably just deluding myself,
But you never know.















