Run: 2026-02-24-01KJ8WE9T38WYQ9F244CX7XE7B

Selvi: [looks up startled from her camera] "क्या? आप... आप कौन हैं? मैं आपकी भाषा नहीं समझती।" *(What? You... who are you? I don't understand your language.)* Hunter: "Sorry to bother you, miss. I'm Detective Hunter. I was wondering if you saw anything unusual around the old mill last Tuesday evening." Selvi: [expression darkens, voice trembling] "मैंने... मैंने कुछ देखा था उस रात। कुछ बहुत डरावना। एक आदमी था — वह बस गायब हो गया। हवा में। बस ऐसे।" *(I... I saw something that night. Something very frightening. There was a man — he just disappeared. Into thin air. Just like that.)* Hunter: [confused, but studying her face] "I'm sorry, do you speak any English at all?" Selvi: [shakes her head, then suddenly holds up her camera with shaking hands] "देखिए। मेरे पास तस्वीरें हैं। यहाँ — देखिए।" *(Look. I have photographs. Here — look.)* Hunter: [leans in toward the camera screen] "Is that... the old mill? Wait, who is that in the frame?" Selvi: [points urgently at the screen, scrolling to the next photo] "यह आदमी — देखिए — यहाँ था, और फिर अगली तस्वीर में... कहीं नहीं। गायब। समझे?" *(This man — look — he was here, and then in the next photo... nowhere. Gone. Understand?)* Hunter: [pulls a photograph from his jacket pocket and holds it toward her] "This man. Is this the man you saw?" Selvi: [gasps, recoils slightly] "हाँ! हाँ, यही है वो! आप उसे जानते हैं? वह ठीक है ना? कहाँ है वह?" *(Yes! Yes, that's him! You know him? He's alright, isn't he? Where is he?)* Hunter: [jaw tightens] "He's one of three people who've gone missing in this town. Miss, I need to see those photos." Selvi: [pulls the camera protectively to her chest] "तीन लोग? तीन लोग गायब हो गए? भगवान... इस शहर में कुछ बहुत गलत है।" *(Three people? Three people disappeared? God... something is very wrong in this town.)* Hunter: [reaches carefully toward the camera] "Those photos could be evidence. I need to take them." Selvi: [pulls back sharply] "नहीं! यह मेरा कैमरा है, आप इसे नहीं ले सकते!" *(No! This is my camera, you cannot take it!)* Hunter: [raises both hands slowly] "Okay. Okay, I'm sorry. I won't touch it." Selvi: [breathing fast, eyes welling up] "माफ़ करिए... मैं बस बहुत डरी हुई हूँ। मैंने पहले कभी ऐसा कुछ नहीं देखा था।" *(I'm sorry... I am just very scared. I had never seen anything like this before.)* Hunter: [quietly] "I can see that. And I'm sorry for pushing. You've clearly been through something." Selvi: [looks at him, uncertain but searching his face] "मुझे नहीं पता आप क्या कह रहे हैं... लेकिन आप शायद मेरी मदद कर सकते हैं। शायद।" *(I don't know what you are saying... but maybe you can help me. Maybe.)* Hunter: [Hunter's phone buzzes loudly. He glances at it and exhales.] "I have to take this. Please — don't leave town." Selvi: [watches him stand, clutching the camera tight] "आप जा रहे हैं? ठीक है। लेकिन... वापस आइएगा।" *(You're leaving? Alright. But... please come back.)* Hunter: [already walking away, phone to his ear] "Yeah, this is Hunter. What've you got?"