Run: 2026-04-25-01KQ2GB6F6P7K7JGYR1THF8HKF

**Voice Sheet – Scene at Alborn Café** **Setting:** A quiet corner table at "The Rustic Bean Café," Alborn, MN. Mid-afternoon. Selvi is hunched over her camera, scrolling through photos with a troubled expression. Hunter approaches, notebook in hand. --- **Hunter:** "Excuse me, miss? I'm Detective Hunter. I was wondering if I could ask you a few questions about something that happened near the old apple orchard two days ago." **Selvi:** *(looks up, startled; speaks rapidly in Hindi)* "कृपया, अभी नहीं। मैं उस तस्वीर के बारे में सोच रही हूँ जो मैंने ली थी। वहाँ कुछ गलत था... कुछ बहुत गलत। मेरे हाथ काँप रहे हैं।" *(Please, not now. I'm thinking about the photo I took. Something was wrong there... something very wrong. My hands are shaking.)* **Hunter:** *(frowns, tilting his head)* "I'm sorry, I don't... understand. English? Do you speak any English? I just need to know if you saw anyone unusual near the orchard." **Selvi:** *(shakes her head, voice cracking)* "नहीं, नहीं, आप समझ नहीं रहे। मैंने एक आदमी को देखा। वह झाड़ियों में कुछ खींच रहा था। मैंने फोटो खींच ली, लेकिन अब मैं डर गई हूँ। क्या वह गायब हो गया है?" *(No, no, you don't understand. I saw a man. He was dragging something in the bushes. I took a photo, but now I'm scared. Is he the one who disappeared?)* **Hunter:** *(rubs his temple, clearly frustrated but trying to stay patient)* "Okay... okay. Look, I'm getting nowhere here. You seem upset. Is there someone I can call? A friend? A professor?" **Selvi:** *(points at her camera, then at the direction of the orchard, her eyes wide)* "यहाँ देखो। यह तस्वीर। उसकी जैकेट पर खून था। मैंने पुलिस को बुलाना चाहा, लेकिन मैं फोन नहीं कर सकी। मेरी अंग्रेज़ी नहीं है। मैं अकेली हूँ।" *(Look here. This photo. There was blood on his jacket. I wanted to call the police, but I couldn't. I don't speak English. I'm alone.)* **Hunter:** *(leaning in, pointing at the camera screen, then at himself)* "Photo? You have a photo? Can I... see it?" *(makes a gentle gesture for her to hand over the camera)* **Selvi:** *(hesitates, then slowly slides the camera across the table)* "ले लो। लेकिन सावधान रहना। वह आदमी अब भी बाहर है।" *(Take it. But be careful. That man is still out there.)* **Hunter:** *(picks up the camera, squints at the screen, then looks at her with a new seriousness)* "This is... very important. Thank you." *(His phone rings. He glances at it, then back at her.)* "I have to take this. Stay here. I'll be right back, or I'll send someone who can help with the language." **Selvi:** *(nods, hugging her arms)* "हाँ... मैं यहीं रुकूँगी। जल्दी आना।" *(Yes... I'll stay here. Come back soon.)* **Hunter:** *(already walking away, phone to his ear)* "Hunter here. Yeah, I found something. Meet me at the station in ten." --- **End of Scene.**