Run: 2026-07-01-01KWE9DDSPRRQXWR9SZTBRJY61

**Scene: Cafe on Main Street, Alborn, MN** Marie: *(scrolling through photos on her camera, pausing on one, her brow furrowing)* Hunter: "Excuse me, miss. Detective Hunter, Alborn PD. Mind if I ask you a few questions about last night?" Marie: "Je... je ne comprends pas. Que s'est-il passé exactement?" Hunter: *(pausing, tilting his head)* "Uh—sorry, I don't... you don't speak English?" Marie: "Non, je suis désolée. Je viens d'arriver de France. Je ne parle pas anglais." Hunter: *(sighing, rubbing the back of his neck)* "Great. Okay. Let's try this slow." *(pointing to her camera)* "Photos. Last night. Did you take any pictures? Near the orchard?" Marie: *(her eyes widening, voice trembling)* "L'homme... j'ai vu un homme, là-bas, près des arbres. Il courait. Il semblait effrayé. Et puis... il a disparu. Comme ça. Disparu." Hunter: "I got 'homme'—that's man, right? Man near the trees?" *(he pulls out a small notepad)* "Can you show me? The photos?" Marie: *(nodding quickly, turning the camera toward him, flipping through images)* "Regardez, regardez ici. C'est flou, je sais, il faisait sombre, mais on peut voir sa silhouette." Hunter: *(leaning in, studying the blurred image)* "That's... something. A shadow, maybe. Can you send these to me? Email, or—" *(he mimes typing) "—computer?" Marie: "Je ne sais pas comment... um..." *(she frowns, frustrated, gesturing helplessly) "Le mot... comment dire..." Hunter: "It's fine. We'll figure it out. Maybe get someone from the school to translate." *(he glances at the photo again, jaw tightening)* "This might be connected to the others. Same treeline." Marie: "Les autres?" *(her voice sharpens with alarm)* "Il y a eu d'autres disparitions?" Hunter: *(catching the tone, even without understanding fully)* "Yeah. Others. This isn't the first." *(His phone buzzes. He glances at the screen, expression hardening.)* Hunter: "I have to take this. Stay here—don't go anywhere, okay? Stay." *(he holds up a hand, palm out, gesturing for her to wait)* Marie: *(uncertain, nodding slowly)* "D'accord... je reste ici." Hunter: *(already walking away, phone to his ear)* "Hunter. Yeah. Where?" *(his pace quickens toward the door)* Marie: *(watching him go, clutching her camera tightly, whispering to herself)* "Mon Dieu... qu'est-ce qui se passe dans cette ville?"