Run: 2026-07-25-01KYCRFT95MPVDF6RXJRD964JC

**VOICE SHEET — SCENE 14: "The Camera at Corley's Café"** *(Selvi's lines are Hindi; romanization and translation given for reference only — Hunter understands none of it.)* --- **Selvi:** *(to herself, scrolling back through images)* "नहीं… नहीं, ये क्या है…" *(Nahin… nahin, ye kya hai… — "No… no, what is this…")* **Hunter:** "Ma'am? Sorry to interrupt. Hunter Reese, county investigator. You were up at the orchard Saturday night, weren't you? Lantern-lighting?" **Selvi:** *(startled, hand flat over the camera screen)* "मैंने कुछ नहीं किया। मैं बस तस्वीरें ले रही थी, बस तस्वीरें।" *(Maine kuch nahin kiya. Main bas tasvirein le rahi thi, bas tasvirein. — "I didn't do anything. I was only taking pictures, only pictures.")* **Hunter:** *(beat)* "...Okay. That's — I don't have any of that." **Selvi:** "आप पुलिस से हैं? हाँ? क्योंकि मैंने कुछ देखा — मुझे लगता है मैंने कुछ देखा है, पर मैं किसी को बता नहीं सकती, कोई मेरी भाषा नहीं समझता।" *(Aap police se hain? Han? Kyunki maine kuch dekha — mujhe lagta hai maine kuch dekha hai, par main kisi ko bata nahin sakti, koi meri bhasha nahin samajhta. — "Are you from the police? Yes? Because I saw something — I think I saw something, but I can't tell anyone, no one understands my language.")* **Hunter:** "Police. Yeah. Police." *(taps his badge)* "You speak any English at all? Little bit?" **Selvi:** *(shaking her head, then, carefully, like a phrase memorized off a card)* "इंग्लिश… नहीं।" *(English… nahin. — "English… no.")* **Hunter:** *(exhales)* "Course not. Nothing in this town gets to be easy." **Selvi:** *(turning the camera toward him, urgent)* "देखिए। देखिए, यहाँ — पेड़ों के बीच। ये कोई आदमी है ना? ये आदमी ही है।" *(Dekhiye. Dekhiye, yahan — pedon ke bich. Ye koi aadmi hai na? Ye aadmi hi hai. — "Look. Look, here — between the trees. That's a man, isn't it? That's a man.")* **Hunter:** *(leaning in)* "That's the north row. Behind the cider press." *(quieter)* "Huh." **Selvi:** "मैं देर तक रुकी थी क्योंकि रोशनी बहुत सुंदर थी। और फिर… फिर लालटेनें बुझ गईं। सब एक साथ।" *(Main der tak ruki thi kyunki roshni bahut sundar thi. Aur phir… phir laltenein bujh gayin. Sab ek saath. — "I stayed late because the light was so beautiful. And then… then the lanterns went out. All at once.")* **Hunter:** "Slow down. I'm getting maybe one word in ten and none of 'em are words." **Selvi:** *(hands demonstrating, palms opening and closing)* "बत्तियाँ। बुझ गईं। फुस्स।" *(Battiyan. Bujh gayin. Phuss. — "The lights. Went out. Poof.")* **Hunter:** "Lights went out. Okay. Okay, that I can work with." *(pulls out a notepad, writes, then shows her)* "You. Camera. Me. Copy?" *(mimes a memory card, a computer)* **Selvi:** *(nodding fast, relieved, near tears)* "हाँ, हाँ, ले जाइए, सब ले जाइए। मैं दो रातों से सो नहीं पाई हूँ।" *(Han, han, le jaiye, sab le jaiye. Main do raton se so nahin payi hun. — "Yes, yes, take it, take all of it. I haven't slept in two nights.")* **Hunter:** "Hey. Easy. Whatever it is, you're all right where you're sitting. Nobody's grabbing anybody in Corley's over a cup of coffee." *(pushes the sugar bowl an inch toward her, awkwardly)* **Selvi:** *(small, wet laugh)* "आप बहुत सख़्त दिखते हैं, पर आप अच्छे आदमी लगते हैं।" *(Aap bahut sakht dikhte hain, par aap achche aadmi lagte hain. — "You look very stern, but you seem like a good man.")* **Hunter:** "I'm gonna assume that was a compliment." **Selvi:** "मेरा नाम सेल्वी है। सेल्वी।" **Hunter:** "Selvi. Got it. Hunter." *(points at himself)* "Hunt-er." **Selvi:** *(trying it)* "हंटर।" **Hunter:** "Close enough. Now, is there anybody in this town who speaks — " *(his phone buzzes; he checks it, and his whole posture changes)* "...Hang on." **Selvi:** *(watching his face)* "क्या हुआ?" *(Kya hua? — "What happened?")* **Hunter:** *(into phone)* "Reese. — Where? — No, don't let anybody touch the porch. Nobody. I'm nine minutes out." *(pockets phone; to Selvi, standing)* "I have to go. There's another one." **Selvi:** "आप जा रहे हैं? रुकिए — मेरी तस्वीरें—" *(Aap ja rahe hain? Rukiye — meri tasvirein— — "You're leaving? Wait — my photos—")* **Hunter:** *(tearing a page from the notepad, sliding it across with a number on it)* "This. Here. Two o'clock tomorrow. Bring the camera." *(taps his wrist, holds up two fingers)* "Two. Yeah?" **Selvi:** *(clutching the paper)* "दो बजे। ठीक है। दो बजे।" *(Do baje. Thik hai. Do baje. — "Two o'clock. All right. Two o'clock.")* **Hunter:** "Don't go back up to that orchard alone, Selvi." *(beat, realizing)* "...And you didn't understand a word of that either." **Selvi:** *(as he goes, softly, to the empty chair)* "मैं समझ गई।" *(Main samajh gayi. — "I understood.")*