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**Marie:** (Startled, clutching her camera strap) "Oh! Euh... Pardon?" **Hunter:** "I said, I'm with the Alborn Police. Detective Hunter. I noticed the camera. You’ve been snapping photos around the orchard limits, haven't you?" **Marie:** (Stares blankly, shakes her head slightly) "Je... Je ne comprends pas. Anglais... non. Juste français." **Hunter:** (Sighs, rubbing his temple) "Of course. Why would it be easy? Look, miss. *Photos*. Did you see the missing guy? Tall? Ugly hat?" **Marie:** (Her eyes widen, recognizing the tone of interrogation) "L'homme? L'homme qui a disparu?" (Her hands tremble as she grips the camera body) "C'était terrible... Je prenais des photos des pommiers pour mon cours d'art, et soudain... je l'ai vu." **Hunter:** "I’m hearing a lot of vowels, but I’m not getting an answer. Did you see him or not?" **Marie:** (Voice rising, visibly shaken) "Il courait! Il avait l'air terrifié. Et puis... il y avait cette ombre. J'ai eu si peur. Je me suis cachée derrière un chêne." **Hunter:** (Leans in, confused/intimidated) "Okay, calm down. You look like you saw a ghost. Uh... *Photo*? Do you have a *photo*?" **Marie:** "Une photo? Oui... oui." (She fumbles with the buttons on her camera to bring up the display) "Regardez. Là. Au fond. C'est flou parce que mes mains tremblaient." **Hunter:** (Squinting at the small screen) "That's a lot of trees. Wait. Is that a boot print? Or just mud?" **Marie:** (Pointing frantically at the corner of the screen) "Non, non, regardez l'ombre! Elle n'est pas humaine. Je vous jure, monsieur, ce n'était pas humain!" **Hunter:** "Human? Yeah, I'm assuming the guy is human. Listen, I need to leverage this... whatever this is." **Marie:** ( Tears welling up) "Je veux juste rentrer chez moi. Je ne veux pas rester ici. Cette ville est maudite." **Hunter:** "Lady, I have no idea what you are saying, but you look guilty of something." *(Hunter’s phone rings loudly with a harsh, standard ringtone.)* **Hunter:** (Holds up a finger to silence her) "Hold that thought. Don't go anywhere." (Answers phone) "Hunter here. Yeah? ... The town square? Again? Alright, I'm en route." **Marie:** "Monsieur?" **Hunter:** (Stands up abruptly) "Duty calls. Stay put. Don't... take any more pictures of trees until I get back." **Marie:** (Whispering as he walks away) "Je n'ai rien compris..."