Run: 2026-03-25-01KMJ8BA76E1D2C13ECJXMRERV

**[Voice Sheet – Café Scene in Alborn, MN]** *Ambient café sounds: low chatter, coffee machine steaming, faint acoustic guitar in the background. Selvi sits at a corner table, reviewing photos on her camera screen, brow slightly furrowed. Hunter enters, badge subtle but visible, walks directly to her table.* --- **Hunter:** Ma’am? Excuse me. Do you have a moment? **Selvi:** *[looks up, startled, fingers tightening around her camera]* क्या मैं कुछ मदद कर सकती हूँ? *(Can I help you?)* **Hunter:** *[pauses, polite but confused]* I’m sorry—I don’t understand. Do you speak English? **Selvi:** *[shakes head slightly, voice tense]* मुझे अंग्रेज़ी नहीं आती... मैं कैमरे के बारे में बात कर रही थी… उस जगह के बारे में… वहाँ कुछ गलत था। *(I don’t know English… I was talking about the camera… about that place… something was wrong there.)* **Hunter:** *[frowning, leans in slightly]* You were at the old orchard trail? The one near the festival grounds? **Selvi:** *[nods quickly, eyes wide]* हाँ… मैं तस्वीरें ले रही थी… लेकिन… वहाँ कोई था… मैंने देखा… एक छाया… और एक आवाज… फिर कैमरा… ठीक नहीं काम किया। *(Yes… I was taking pictures… but… there was someone… I saw… a shadow… and a sound… then the camera… didn’t work right.)* **Hunter:** *[leaning forward, tone sharpens]* A shadow? Where? What time was this? **Selvi:** *[gestures vaguely with her hand]* कल शाम… अंतिम प्रकाश में… मैं वहाँ थी… तस्वीरें ले रही थी… लेकिन जब मैंने देखा, तो वह शेडो वापस जंगल में चला गया... *(Yesterday evening… in the last light… I was there… taking pictures… but when I looked, the shadow went back into the woods…)* **Hunter:** Did you see a face? Clothing? Anything? **Selvi:** *[shakes head, whispers]* नहीं… सिर्फ़ आँखें… एक पल के लिए… और मेरी तस्वीरों में… वह नहीं है। लेकिन मैंने देखा! *(No… only eyes… for a moment… and in my photos… it’s not there. But I saw it!)* **Hunter:** *[quietly, more to himself]* Eyes… not on camera… could be a lens flare, could be nothing… or— *His phone rings sharply. He pulls it from his pocket, checks the ID, stands.* **Hunter:** I gotta take this. Stay here if you can—I need to circle back. Okay? **Selvi:** *[doesn’t understand, looks anxious]* क्या हुआ? क्या कोई खतरे में है? *(What happened? Is someone in danger?)* **Hunter:** *[already turning, phone to ear]* I’m sorry—I’ll come back. Just… stay put. *Hunter walks off, answering the phone.* **Hunter:** Hunter. Talk to me. *Selvi watches him go, then slowly lifts her camera again, zooms into a blurred forest shot—her hands tremble slightly. Distant wind chimes rattle outside the café window.* —END SCENE—