Run: 2026-09-29-01M3P2BHBZ4WXBXBBET7MPCCV5

**Café scene: Alborn, MN** Melanie: "Das kann doch nicht sein... das kann einfach nicht sein." *(This can't be... this just can't be.)* Hunter: "Excuse me, miss? Sorry to bother you. I'm Detective Hunter, Alborn PD." Melanie: "Oh! Entschuldigung, ich... Sie haben mich erschreckt." *(Oh! Sorry, I... you startled me.)* Hunter: "...Okay. Do you mind if I sit?" Melanie: "Ich verstehe Sie nicht. Sprechen Sie Deutsch?" *(I don't understand you. Do you speak German?)* Hunter: "I'm going to take that as a no. Detective. Police." Melanie: "Polizei? Sie sind von der Polizei?" *(Police? You're from the police?)* Hunter: "Yes. Police. Good, we've got one word." *(He holds up his badge.)* "I'm here about last night. The Miller orchard. Were you there?" Melanie: "Der Obstgarten... ja. Ja, ich war dort. Ich wollte nur den Sonnenaufgang fotografieren." *(The orchard... yes. I was there. I only wanted to photograph the sunrise.)* Hunter: "Orchard. You know that word?" Melanie: "Ich habe etwas gesehen. Etwas, das ich nicht hätte sehen sollen." *(I saw something. Something I shouldn't have seen.)* Hunter: "Slow down, miss. I don't understand a word you're saying." Melanie: "Meine Hände zittern immer noch. Sehen Sie?" *(My hands are still shaking. See?)* Hunter: "Yeah, I see that. You're shaken up. Take a breath." *(He gestures for her to breathe.)* "Name? Me, Hunter." *(He taps his chest.)* "You?" Melanie: "Ach so. Melanie. Ich heiße Melanie." *(Ah, I see. Melanie. My name is Melanie.)* Hunter: "Melanie. Good. Melanie, the camera. May I?" Melanie: "Meine Kamera? Warum? ...Na gut. Warten Sie." *(My camera? Why? ...Fine. Wait.)* Hunter: "Pictures. Last night. Time?" *(He taps his wrist.)* Melanie: "Ungefähr sechs Uhr. Es war noch dunkel, fast Nebel. Und dann, da war ein Mann zwischen den Bäumen." *(About six o'clock. It was still dark, almost foggy. And then there was a man between the trees.)* Hunter: "Six. Okay, I got 'six.' A man? Man?" *(He holds a hand up to show height.)* Melanie: "Ja, ein Mann. Groß. Er hat sich nicht bewegt. Und dann... war er weg." *(Yes, a man. Tall. He didn't move. And then... he was gone.)* Hunter: "Gone? Disappeared?" *(He mimes something vanishing.)* Melanie: "Weg. Ja. Einfach weg, als hätte ihn der Nebel verschluckt." *(Gone. Yes. Just gone, as if the fog had swallowed him.)* Hunter: "This is going nowhere. Show me the photo. Foto." Melanie: "Foto! Ja, das Wort kenne ich. Hier, sehen Sie? Da, zwischen den Apfelbäumen." *(Photo! Yes, I know that word. Here, see? There, between the apple trees.)* Hunter: "Hold on. Let me see that. There's someone in the back of this shot. Can you zoom in?" Melanie: "Nein, nicht so, Sie müssen hier drücken. Hier." *(No, not like that, you have to press here. Here.)* Hunter: "That's... Miller's hat. That's Walter Miller's hat. Melanie, this is the last picture of him." Melanie: "Sie sehen so ernst aus. Habe ich etwas Falsches getan?" *(You look so serious. Did I do something wrong?)* Hunter: "No. No, you didn't do anything wrong. You may have just helped me a lot." *(His phone rings. He checks the screen and frowns.)* Hunter: "Hunter. ...Where? ...Now? Copy that, I'm on my way." Melanie: "Müssen Sie gehen?" *(Do you have to go?)* Hunter: "I have to go. Melanie, don't delete anything. Keep the camera. Understand? Camera, keep." *(He points at the camera, then at her.)* Melanie: "Die Kamera behalten. Ja. Ich verstehe. Ich glaube, ich verstehe." *(Keep the camera. Yes. I understand. I think I understand.)* Hunter: "I'll find someone who can translate. Stay in town." *(He sets a card on the table.)* "Police. Hunter. Call." Melanie: "Bitte... finden Sie ihn. Diesen armen Mann." *(Please... find him. That poor man.)* Hunter: "I'll do my best. Thank you, Melanie." Melanie: "Danke, Herr Hunter. Passen Sie auf sich auf." *(Thank you, Mr. Hunter. Take care of yourself.)*