# Voice Sheet: Café Encounter **Setting:** A small café on Main Street, Alborn, MN. Late morning. --- Hunter: "Excuse me, miss? Mind if I sit down for a moment?" Maria: *looks up from camera, startled* "¿Perdón? ¿Puedo ayudarle?" Hunter: "I'm Detective Hunter. I'm investigating some incidents in town. Were you by any chance near the old mill yesterday evening?" Maria: *eyes widening, clutching camera* "¡Dios mío, el molino! Sí, estuve allí. Vi algo terrible... una sombra, una figura que desapareció entre los árboles. ¡Tenía tanto miedo!" Hunter: *frowning, leaning back* "I'm sorry, I don't... Do you speak English?" Maria: *shaking her head, gesturing frantically* "No entiendo. No hablo inglés. Lo siento, lo siento mucho." Hunter: "English? No?" *points to himself* "Hunter. Detective." *mimes showing a badge* Maria: *nodding slowly* "¿Policía? Sí, sí, entiendo. Policía." *pulls up a photo on her camera, hands trembling* "Mire, mire esto. Lo capturé antes de correr." Hunter: *studying the camera screen* "What is that? Some kind of shape in the trees..." *frustrated sigh* "I wish I knew what you were trying to tell me." Maria: "Era real. ¡Se lo juro! No estoy loca. Algo malo está pasando en este pueblo." Hunter: *phone buzzing* "Damn. Hold on." *answers* "Hunter here. Yeah. Where? I'm on my way." Maria: "¿Se va? Pero... ¡espere!" Hunter: *standing, pulling out a card* "Look, take this. My number. Call... uh..." *mimes phone to ear* "...if you see anything else." *sighs* "I'll find a translator. Somehow." Maria: *taking card, nodding nervously* "Gracias. Tenga cuidado, por favor." Hunter: *tipping his head* "Stay safe, miss." --- *Hunter exits. Maria watches him go, then looks back at her camera, fingers trembling over the image on the screen.*