**Voice Sheet: The Cafe Encounter** **Hunter:** "Excuse me. You’re the student renting the Miller place, right? The photographer?" **Maria:** *[Startled, looking up from her camera]* "¿Qué? Eh... perdone, no... no le entiendo." **Hunter:** *[Flashes badge]* "Detective Ian Hunter. Alborn PD. I need to ask you about last night. Folks saw you near the fairgrounds before the blackout." **Maria:** *[Clutching the camera tighter, eyes widening]* "Ay, Dios mío... ¿es por lo que pasó? ¿Usted es policía? No he hecho nada malo, lo juro." **Hunter:** *[Frowning]* "I don’t speak Spanish, Ma'am. English. Do you speak English?" **Maria:** "No, no inglés. Lo siento. Solo español." **Hunter:** *[Sighs heavily]* "Great. Look, a local kid went missing near the apple orchard. Did you see anyone walking near the treeline? A man in a grey hoodie?" **Maria:** *[Her hands begin to tremble]* "Esas sombras... vi algo en el huerto. Entre los manzanos. Había alguien arrastrando... algo muy pesado." **Hunter:** "You keep looking at that camera. Did you take a picture? Photo?" *[Mimes snapping a photo]* **Maria:** *[Looking down at the digital screen, voice shaking]* "Tengo miedo de mirar. Si él sabe que lo vi... Madre mía, me estaba mirando fijamente a la lente. Sus ojos eran... fríos." **Hunter:** "You look like you’ve seen a ghost or something. I need a name. Or a license plate." **Maria:** "No sé qué me está pidiendo. Por favor, necesito un traductor. Alguien que me ayude." **Hunter:** "Translation? Translator? Yeah, we need one of those." *[Hunter’s phone rings sharply. He answers it.]* **Hunter:** "Hunter here. ... Yeah? No, I'm at the cafe. ... Wait, they found the hoodie where? ... Alright, I'm on my way. Ten-four." *[Hunter hangs up and looks back at Maria]* **Hunter:** "I have to run. Don't leave town. Stay in Alborn. Understand? Stay." *[Holds up a hand in a 'stop' motion]* **Maria:** "¿Me tengo que quedar aquí? Pero... tengo miedo." **Hunter:** "We'll talk later. Don't go anywhere." **Maria:** "...Adiós."