Run: 2026-09-29-01M3P2FR1646EXAJYY4WJYJ106

**Voice Sheet: "The Café Encounter"** *(Marie's French lines include an English translation in parentheses for the reader. Hunter cannot understand them.)* --- Hunter: "Excuse me, miss. Detective Hunter, Alborn P.D. Mind if I sit?" Marie: "Pardon? Je... je ne comprends pas." (Sorry? I... I don't understand.) Hunter: "Hunter. Detective." *(taps his badge)* "I'm looking into what happened out at Miller's Orchard last night." Marie: "L'orchard? Oh, mon Dieu... vous parlez de la femme disparue?" (The orchard? Oh, my God... are you talking about the missing woman?) Hunter: "Okay. That's a lot of words, and I didn't catch a single one. Do you speak English?" Marie: "Je suis désolée, je ne parle pas anglais. Pas encore." (I'm sorry, I don't speak English. Not yet.) Hunter: "That's a no, then. Great." *(pauses, pointing at her camera)* "Camera. You were taking pictures?" Marie: "Mon appareil photo? Oui... oui, j'étais là-bas hier soir, au coucher du soleil." (My camera? Yes... yes, I was there last night, at sunset.) Hunter: "Last night. Orchard." *(points at the camera, then makes a picture-taking gesture)* "Photos. Can I see?" Marie: "Attendez. Je ne sais pas si je devrais... Mes mains tremblent encore." (Wait. I don't know if I should... My hands are still shaking.) Hunter: "Hey, easy. You're shaking. Take a breath." *(gently)* "I'm not here to hurt you." Marie: "Je voulais seulement photographier les pommiers. La lumière était si belle. Et puis j'ai vu quelqu'un entre les arbres." (I only wanted to photograph the apple trees. The light was so beautiful. And then I saw someone between the trees.) Hunter: "Someone? Person?" *(holds up one finger, then points at his eyes)* "You saw somebody?" Marie: "Oui, quelqu'un. Un homme, je crois. Il portait quelque chose de lourd." (Yes, someone. A man, I think. He was carrying something heavy.) Hunter: "I'm going to need a translator. Or a miracle." Marie: "Regardez. Là. Sur l'écran." *(turns the camera toward him)* (Look. There. On the screen.) Hunter: "Hold on. Show me again. Back one." *(leans in, studies the screen)* "That's a truck. Dark pickup, maybe. And that's... someone standing by the tree line." Marie: "Je n'ai pas compris qu'il y avait quelque chose de mal avant de voir la photo sur l'écran. Je suis restée là, sans bouger." (I didn't realize anything was wrong until I saw the photo on the screen. I just stood there, frozen.) Hunter: "You didn't know until you looked at it. Yeah. That happens." *(quietly)* "Can I take a copy of this? Memory card?" *(mimes removing a card)* Marie: "Ma carte? Vous voulez ma carte mémoire?" (My card? You want my memory card?) Hunter: "Card. Just a copy. I'll give it right back." Marie: "D'accord... mais, s'il vous plaît, je ne veux pas rentrer seule ce soir." (Okay... but please, I don't want to go home alone tonight.) *(Hunter's phone rings.)* Hunter: "Hunter." *(listens, his expression hardens)* "When? ...Where? ...Yeah, I'm ten minutes out. Don't let anyone touch it." Marie: "Il y a un problème?" (Is there a problem?) Hunter: "I have to go." *(stands, then hesitates, holds up a hand)* "Stay. Right here. Café. Understand? I'll send someone who can talk to you." Marie: "Vous partez? Attendez! Il y a autre chose sur les photos, une lumière, derrière lui..." (You're leaving? Wait! There's something else in the photos, a light, behind him...) Hunter: "I'll be back. Promise." *(taps the table twice, then points at her)* "Don't go anywhere alone." Marie: "Monsieur! Le camion... la plaque d'immatriculation, je crois que je l'ai photographiée!" (Sir! The truck... the license plate, I think I photographed it!) Hunter: "I don't know what you're saying, but you'd better hold on to that camera like your life depends on it."