## Voice Sheet - Cafe Encounter **Setting:** A cozy cafe in Alborn, MN. Sunlight streams through the windows, illuminating Maria as she sits at a table, reviewing pictures on her camera. She wears a thoughtful expression, her brow furrowed. **Characters:** * **Maria:** 30 years old, Spanish, fluent in Spanish, no English, enjoys photography. * **Hunter:** 35 years old, American, detective, no Spanish, blunt and direct. **Dialogue:** **Hunter:** (approaches Maria, eyeing her camera) Excuse me. You’re the one who took the pictures at the Apple Festival, right? **Maria:** (looks up, startled, then nods slowly) Sí. **Hunter:** (leans closer, trying to enunciate clearly) I'm Detective Hunter. I’m investigating a few… disappearances. You wouldn’t happen to have caught anything unusual in your photos, would you? **Maria:** (shakes her head, eyes wide) No. No, no. Nothing unusual. **Hunter:** (scratches his beard, brow furrowed) Are you sure? It was pretty crowded there, right? You must have seen a lot of people. **Maria:** (her voice tight, a tremor in her hand) Sí, pero… (she pauses, struggling for the right words) No. Nothing. **Hunter:** (eyes her closely) Are you okay? You seem… shaken up. **Maria:** (shakes her head again, her voice barely a whisper) No, no. I’m fine. Just… tired. **Hunter:** (studies her for a moment, then sighs) Look, I’m sorry to bother you. If you see anything… anything at all… please let me know. **Maria:** (nods, still uneasy) Sí. **Hunter:** (pulls out his phone) I have to take this. Sorry. **Maria:** (watches him go, her eyes following him as he moves away) **Hunter:** (into the phone) Yes, I’m at the cafe. Just talking to a witness. ... No, nothing yet. But there’s something...