Run: 2026-03-25-01KMJ7SSDYYTTZE37E6C2JHXXR

**Voice Sheet: Maria & Hunter at the Café** *(INT. SMALL TOWN CAFÉ – AFTERNOON. The hum of quiet chatter and coffee machines in the background. MARIA sits by the window, flipping through photos on her camera, brow slightly furrowed. HUNTER enters, dressed in civilian clothes but with a purposeful stride. He approaches her table.)* --- **Hunter:** "Excuse me, miss? Do you mind if I ask you a few questions?" *(Maria looks up, startled. She slowly lowers her camera, eyes wary. She studies Hunter for a moment, then responds softly, nervously.)* **Maria:** "No hablo inglés... No entiendo." **Hunter:** *(pauses, blinking)* "Uh... I don’t... I don’t speak Spanish. Do you—do you understand me?" **Maria:** *(shaking her head, voice rising slightly with anxiety)* "¿Qué quieres? No sé qué pasa. Vi algo... algo raro anoche, en el bosque. No me siento segura." **Hunter:** *(frowning, stepping back slightly)* "Whoa. Okay... You saw something? Wait—'saw something'? Did you see something last night?" *(He leans in, trying to pick out keywords, but it's clear he's grasping.)* **Maria:** *(pointing at her camera, voice trembling)* "Fotografié... una luz. En el bosque, detrás del viejo granero. No había nadie... pero la luz se movió sola. Y luego—oí gritos. Pero no había nadie." **Hunter:** *(leaning closer, suddenly alert)* "Light? You saw a light? In the woods? Behind the old barn?" *(He pulls out a small notebook, scribbling down notes.)* **Maria:** *(gesturing with urgency)* "¡Sí, sí! ¡Y después, silencio! Como si... como si alguien se hubiera llevado todo el ruido." **Hunter:** *(muttering to himself)* "Behind the old barn... that’s near where Jenkins went missing last week..." *(Suddenly, his phone rings. He gives Maria an apologetic but firm look.)* **Hunter:** "Hold on—one second. I gotta take this." *(He answers the phone sharply.)* **Hunter:** "Hunter... Yeah. What? Another one? Where?... The old mill?... I’m on my way." *(He ends the call, pockets the phone, and turns back to Maria with urgency.)* **Hunter:** "I’ve gotta go. But—stay here. Don’t go back to the woods. Okay? Stay safe." *(Maria looks confused, scared. She tries to speak.)* **Maria:** "¿Qué pasa? ¿Estoy en peligro?" **Hunter:** *(hesitates, then slowly, deliberately)* "You... are safe... for now. Stay. Here." *(He gives her one last concerned look and strides out of the café, pulling his jacket tighter as he heads into the overcast afternoon. Maria watches him go, clutching her camera like a lifeline.)* --- **END SCENE**