# Voice Sheet: Selvi & Hunter --- **Selvi:** *sitting alone at a corner table, scrolling through photos on her camera display, a half-drunk chai latte growing cold beside her* **Hunter:** *approaches, pulling out a chair across from her without invitation* "Mind if I sit? I'm Detective Hunter. I'm looking into the disappearance of Margaret Chen. I heard you were at the apple orchard the day she went missing." **Selvi:** *looks up, eyes wide. She clutches the camera to her chest protectively* "Main... main kuch nahi janti. Maine kuch bhi nahi dekha. Please, mujhe chhod do." *I... I don't know anything. I didn't see anything. Please, leave me alone.* **Hunter:** *furrows his brow, leaning forward* "I'm sorry, I don't understand. Do you speak English? I just need to ask you a few questions." **Selvi:** *shakes her head, her hands now visibly shaking. She glances toward the café door* "Mujhe kya pata tha wahan kya hoga? Main toh bas photos le rahi thi... photographs. Sirf... photographs." *How was I to know what would happen there? I was just taking photos... photographs. Only... photographs.* **Hunter:** *catches the word 'photographs', points to her camera* "Photos? You were taking photos? At the orchard?" **Selvi:** *nods hesitantly, clutching the camera tight* "Haan... yes. Photos." *She looks genuinely frightened* **Hunter:** "Can I see them? The photos from that day?" **Selvi:** *pulls the camera closer* "Nahi! Nahi, nahi, nahi. Aap samajh nahi sakte. Kuch... kuch galat tha wahan. Maine dekha—" *No! No, no, no. You cannot understand. Something... something was wrong there. I saw—* *she stops abruptly, glancing around nervously* **Hunter:** *holds up his hands* "Okay, okay. Listen, I'm not trying to scare you. I'm trying to find a missing person. A woman is gone. If you saw *anything*—" **Selvi:** *voice drops low* "Gone? Woh... gayab ho gayi?" *Gone? She... disappeared?* *She stares at him, dread on her face* "Maine... maine ek aadmi dekha tha. Paani ke paas. Lekin woh... woh normal nahi tha." *I... I saw a man. Near the water. But he... he wasn't normal.* **Hunter:** *frustration evident* "I— look, I don't know what you're saying. Is there someone who can translate? A friend? Someone from your program?" **Selvi:** *pulls out her phone, hands still trembling* "Main... main call karti hoon. Mera professor... woh Hindi bolta hai. Thoda... thoda." *I... I will call. My professor... he speaks Hindi. A little... a little.* **Hunter:** *his phone buzzes in his pocket. He holds up a finger* "Hold on." *answers the call* "Hunter. ...When? ...I'm on my way." *He stands abruptly* "I have to go. Stay in town. Don't leave Alborn. I'll find someone to help us talk. Understand? Stay." **Selvi:** *nods slowly, watching him leave, her knuckles pale against the camera body* **Hunter:** *already halfway to the door* "Don't go anywhere." --- *End of Voice Sheet*