Run: 2026-07-25-01KYD7JAMQNXZAJ081911PJW6E

**Voice Sheet — Scene: The Copper Kettle Café, Alborn, MN** --- Hunter: "Excuse me, ma'am? Detective Hunter, Alborn Police. Mind if I ask you a few questions?" Selvi: *(startled, clutching her camera)* "जी? मुझे समझ नहीं आया... आप कौन हैं?" *(Yes? I don't understand... who are you?)* Hunter: "Detective. Police. I'm investigating the disappearance of Tom Hendricks — he went missing near the orchard three nights ago. Were you in town that evening?" Selvi: *(voice trembling)* "पुलिस? ओह... मैं... मैं उस रात बगीचे के पास थी। तस्वीरें ले रही थी। सूरज ढल रहा था, रोशनी बहुत सुंदर थी..." *(Police? Oh... I... I was near the orchard that night. Taking pictures. The sun was setting, the light was so beautiful...)* Hunter: "I'm sorry, I — I don't understand. Do you speak English? Any English at all?" Selvi: *(shaking her head, eyes wet)* "नहीं... अंग्रेज़ी नहीं आती। माफ़ कीजिए। लेकिन मैंने कुछ देखा था। एक आदमी... वह चिल्ला रहा था। और फिर... फिर कोई आवाज़ नहीं। बिल्कुल खामोशी।" *(No... I don't know English. I'm sorry. But I saw something. A man... he was shouting. And then... then no sound at all. Complete silence.)* Hunter: *(leaning in, frustrated)* "You saw something. I can tell you saw something. Was it at the orchard? The apple orchard?" *(points vaguely toward the window)* Selvi: *(nodding slowly at the word "apple")* "हाँ, हाँ... सेब का बगीचा। मैंने अपने कैमरे में... शायद कुछ है। लेकिन मैं डरी हुई हूँ। बहुत डरी हुई हूँ।" *(Yes, yes... the apple orchard. In my camera... maybe there's something. But I'm frightened. Very frightened.)* Hunter: "Your camera? Did you — did you take pictures that night? Ma'am, those photos could be evidence. Can I see them?" Selvi: *(holding the camera to her chest)* "मैं नहीं जानती आप क्या कह रहे हैं... लेकिन आपकी आँखों में वही बात है जो मुझे महसूस हो रही है। कुछ बहुत गलत हुआ है इस शहर में।" *(I don't know what you're saying... but your eyes hold the same thing I'm feeling. Something very wrong has happened in this town.)* Hunter: *(sighing, pulling out a notepad)* "Okay. Okay, we'll figure this out. I'll find someone — a translator. Does anyone here speak... I'm sorry, I don't even know what language—" Selvi: "हिंदी। मैं हिंदी बोलती हूँ।" *(Hindi. I speak Hindi.)* Hunter: "Hindi. Okay. Hindi." *(writes it down)* "Stay in town, alright? Don't—" *(His phone buzzes. He checks the screen, and his jaw tightens.)* Hunter: "Hunter here... What? Where? ...I'm on my way." *(standing, pulling on his coat)* "Ma'am, I have to go. Another one's missing. Please — don't leave Alborn. I'll come back with someone who can understand you. I promise." Selvi: *(softly, as he walks away)* "वह आदमी... उसकी आँखें... मैं उन्हें भूल नहीं पा रही..." *(That man... his eyes... I can't forget them...)* *(Hunter pauses at the door, glances back at her — at the camera trembling in her hands — then steps out into the cold.)* ---