# Dialogue: Maria & Hunter at the Cafe **Maria:** "¿Hola? ¿Sí?" **Hunter:** "Hey there. I'm Detective Hunter with the Alborn PD. I'm investigating some disappearances around town. Were you here last Tuesday night? Around the pier area?" **Maria:** "¿Desapariciones? No... no entiendo. ¿Qué significa...?" **Hunter:** *(squinting)* "Disappearances. Missing people. You speak English?" **Maria:** "No, no... English no. Spanish only. Lo siento." **Hunter:** *(rubbing his temple)* "Right. Of course. Okay, um... last Tuesday?" **Maria:** "Martes... sí, sí. Pero... fue muy extraño. Muy oscuro. Yo... I took photos—fotografías—but something was... was wrong. Asustada. Scared." **Hunter:** "You were scared? Why? What did you see?" **Maria:** "No sé... I don't know English words. Las luces... the lights they were... strange. No normal. Y los sonidos... the sounds... ¡ay, Dios mío! I don't... I cannot explain." **Hunter:** "Lights? Sounds? That's... okay, can you show me the photos?" **Maria:** *(hands over camera, voice trembling)* "Aquí. Here. But... but I think something bad happened that night. Algo malo. I feel it." **Hunter:** *(examining the camera)* "These are pretty dark. Hard to make out. Listen, I'm gonna need you to come down to the station so we can get this sorted out. Maybe we can find—" *(Hunter's phone buzzes. He checks it, frowns.)* **Hunter:** "Hold on." *(answers)* "Yeah? Uh-huh. Where? How many? I'm on my way." **Maria:** "¿Qué pasó? You must go?" **Hunter:** *(standing abruptly)* "Yeah, I gotta take this. Don't leave town. We're not done here." **Maria:** "Buena suerte, detective..." **Hunter:** *(walking away)* "Yeah. You too, I guess."