Melanie sits in the cafe, her camera in her hands. As she zooms in on the street's bustling scene, she suddenly becomes aware of someone standing over her. Melanie looks up and comes face-to-face with a man she'd never met before; an imposing figure with a no-nonsense aura. Hunter’s words slice the air that separates them, and she senses a faint hint of desperation in his inquiries. "Excuse me, can you please tell me what just happened in this town?" Melanie, startled and anxious, gapes at Hunter as she hesitates for a moment. Unable to find the right words, she instinctively switches back to her native tongue. "Nicht unterbringen kaiserliche artikel befüllen. Hoch reisen nehmen solches mich, sondern mir schweren kann Verstand in der forms recognize Menschen allein. Tag." The chill in Hunter's breathing intensifies, but he manages to stress, "I'm sorry, I don't understand your German. Can you speak in English, please?" Melanie, dazed by the language barrier, fumbled for a translation app and attempted to rephrase her statement. Afterward, she offered a brief insight: "A disappearance has happened. Rumors point towards something odd that marked the incident." Hunter, intrigued, finally understood the gravity of the situation. He decides to approach the situation with tact, realizing her limited command of English. "Do you have any information about the person who disappeared?" Melanie, her eyes still glued to the camera, reflected upon an unknown name that had come up. "George Taylor. Some mention imminent happenings weeks beforehand." With this information, Hunter felt a burning desire to unravel the truth. However, being unskilled in the German language, he averted the topic of her language proficiency, realizing it would be a setback. "Thank you for your time and your assistance," he said, before he grabbed his phone and quickly stepped out of the cafe to receive a phone call. As they parted, an eerie ambience permeated the air - both knowing they'd shared difficult knowledge they hadn't comprehended. And their paths continued, merging with the ever-lingering unsolved mystery in the small town of Alborn, MN.