Run: 2026-07-25-01KYCSQC56ZSP2ZKXPK1QA6AXT

**Scene: Millie’s Café, Alborn, MN** The autumn banners for Alborn’s annual apple festival still hung in the café windows, but the small-town air felt heavier than usual. Selvi—thirty, studying abroad, fluent only in Hindi—sat alone at a corner table, her camera never far from her hands. She was reviewing landscape shots on the LCD screen when the bell above the door chimed. Detective Hunter entered, all no-nonsense marine posture, and approached her table. He asked about the disappearances plaguing the town. Selvi looked up, visibly shaken, clutching her camera as she answered in rapid, frightened Hindi. Hunter’s face twisted into confusion; he knew no Hindi, not even a greeting. Still, he pressed on. Through trembling gestures, she turned her camera toward him, pointing at shadowy images of the orchard at night. They spoke past each other for a long moment—he in firm English, she in tearful Hindi—until Hunter’s phone cut through the noise. **Voice Sheet** Selvi: "मैं... मैं बहुत डरी हुई हूँ [I... I am very frightened]... मैंने सेब के बगीचे के पास [near the apple orchard]... कुछ भयानक देखा [saw something terrible]..." Hunter: "I don’t speak Hindi. Look, I’m Detective Hunter. People are vanishing in Alborn. Did you see anything near the orchard last night?" Selvi: "यह कैमरा [This camera]... तस्वीरें [photos]... देखिए [look]! वह आदमी [That man]... गायब हो गया [disappeared]..." Hunter: "Photos? You actually got pictures? Slow down and show me—now." Selvi: "हाँ [Yes]... यह सच है [This is true]. कृपया [Please]... मेरी मदद करें [help me]... रात को [At night]... उसने चिल्लाया [He screamed]..." Hunter: "That’s one of the missing. Where exactly—near the festival grounds?" Selvi: "हाँ... वहाँ [Yes... there]... कैमरे में [in the camera]... सब कुछ है [everything is there]..." [Hunter’s phone rings sharply.] Hunter: "Hunter. Yeah—I’m at Millie’s. I’ve got a witness with actual images. On my way to the station now." [He pockets the phone, points firmly at her chair.] "Stay right here. Don’t leave. I’ll send a translator." Selvi: "ठीक है [Okay]... मैं इंतज़ार करूँगी [I will wait]... कृपया जल्दी आइए [Please come quickly]..." [Hunter nods once and exits into the Alborn afternoon, leaving Selvi trembling, her camera still clutched in both hands.]