Run: 2026-04-24-01KQ05BKZFTCXFEXB02PN9BN36

# Voice Sheet — Cafe Scene, Alborn, MN --- **Hunter:** *(approaching the table, flashing his badge briefly)* Hey there. I'm Detective Hunter with the Alborn PD. Mind if I sit down for a minute? I'm asking folks around town about the Garrett boy's disappearance — you see or hear anything unusual last Saturday night? **Selvi:** *(looking up, startled, clutching her camera to her chest)* Oh — sorry… I… I don't understand. I'm — I don't speak English. *(in Hindi, halting and nervous)* **Selvi:** *"मुझे नहीं पता कि आप क्या कह रहे हैं… मुझे अंग्रेज़ी नहीं आती।"* *(Translation: "I don't know what you are saying… I don't know English.")* --- **Hunter:** *(pausing, blinking)* I — sorry, what? Are you saying you don't… speak English? *(He leans forward slowly, enunciating clearly as if volume alone might help.)* **Hunter:** Disappear… ince. A person. Missing. Gone. Saturday. Did you see anything? --- **Selvi:** *(shaking her head rapidly, eyes wide, holding up both hands)* नहीं, नहीं — मुझे समझ नहीं आ रहा। मैं यहाँ पढ़ने आई हूँ, स्टडी एब्रॉड प्रोग्राम से। मुझे हिंदी आती है… बस हिंदी। *(Translation: "No, no — I don't understand. I came here to study, on a study abroad program. I know Hindi… only Hindi.")* --- **Hunter:** *(rubbing the back of his neck, muttering)* Great. Hindi. Okay. *(He pulls out his phone and opens a translation app, holding it up to her.)* **Hunter:** *(into phone, speaking slowly)* Did… you see… anything… unusual… last Saturday? *(The app plays a robotic Hindi translation from the phone speaker.)* **Selvi:** *(listening, then nodding vigorously)* ओह! हाँ — शनिवार रात? हाँ, मैंने कुछ देखा था। *(Translation: "Oh! Yes — Saturday night? Yes, I saw something.")* --- **Hunter:** *(perking up)* Okay — good. What did you see? Can you show me? Point? --- **Selvi:** *(hesitating, then pulling out her camera, flipping through images)* मैं तस्वीरें खींचती हूँ… landscape photography। शनिवार को मैं उस सड़क पर थी — वो वाली — जंगल के पास। मैंने एक कार देखी। बहुत रुक-रुक कर चल रही थी। और फिर… बस गायब हो गई। *(Translation: "I take pictures… landscape photography. Saturday I was on that road — that one — near the woods. I saw a car. It was driving very erratically. And then… it just disappeared.")* --- *(She turns the camera screen toward him, showing a dimly lit photograph of a rural road. In the distance, red taillights blur through a curtain of fog.)* --- **Hunter:** *(leaning in, squinting at the photo)* Whoa. Can I — can I see this? *(He gestures at the camera.)* --- **Selvi:** *(carefully handing it over, whispering)* धीरे से… बहुत कीमती है। *(Translation: "Careful… it's very precious.")* --- **Hunter:** *(gently examining the photo, then looking up)* This is… really something. Where exactly was this taken? Can you show me on a map? *(He gestures pulling out a phone map.)* --- *(Selvi nods, pulls out her own phone, and opens her photo's metadata. She shows him the GPS coordinates on the screen.)* --- **Hunter:** *(reading the coordinates, typing them into his phone)* Maple Grove Road… near the old Harlan property. That's — that's only two miles from where Garrett was last seen. *(He looks at her with a new intensity.)* You did good. This is — this could be really important. --- *(His phone buzzes. He glances at the screen and his jaw tightens.)* **Hunter:** *(answering)* Hunter. … What? … When? … I'm on my way. *(He stands abruptly, chair scraping against the floor.)* **Hunter:** *(to Selvi, pulling a business card from his jacket and placing it on the table)* I have to go. Another one. *(He pauses, searching for the right approach.)* Listen — can you… write down where you were? Your name? *(He mimes writing.)* I need to come talk to you more. This is important. --- **Selvi:** *(taking the card, studying it, then nodding slowly)* मैं समझ गई। आप जाइए। मैं यहीं रहूँगी। *(Translation: "I understand. You go. I'll stay right here.")* --- **Hunter:** *(already halfway to the door, turning back one last time)* Thank you, Selvi. I mean it. Don't leave town. --- **Selvi:** *(watching him rush out, then looking down at the business card in her hands, whispering to herself)* अजीब आदमी… *(Translation: "Strange man…")* --- *(She hugs her camera close and stares out the cafe window at the quiet main street of Alborn, MN — a place that suddenly feels much less safe.)* ---