Run: 2026-10-08-01M4D9XZVSCGPNCD0EF1KWTSW1

**THE CRESCENT CAFE, ALBORN, MN** *Late morning. Selvi sits by the window, turning her camera over in her hands. Hunter stops at her table.* **Hunter:** "Excuse me. Are you the study abroad student staying at the inn? Selvi, right? I'm Detective Hunter. I'd like to ask you about what happened at the orchard on Saturday night." **Selvi:** "मैं... मैं समझ नहीं पा रही कि यह सब कैसे हुआ।" *(I... I can't understand how all of this happened.)* **Hunter:** "Sorry, I didn't catch that. Do you speak English?" **Selvi:** "मुझे... मुझे नहीं पता।" *(I... I don't know.)* **Hunter:** *(pauses, then tries slowly)* "Okay. Orchard. Saturday. You were there?" **Selvi:** "हाँ। मैं वहाँ तस्वीरें ले रही थी। सूर्यास्त की। फिर मैंने कुछ देखा।" *(Yes. I was there taking pictures. Of the sunset. Then I saw something.)* **Hunter:** "Saw something. Okay. Good. Something like what?" **Selvi:** *(turns the camera around and holds up the screen, her hand trembling)* "यह देखो। यह तस्वीर। उस आदमी को देखो। वह वहाँ नहीं होना चाहिए था।" *(Look at this. This picture. Look at that man. He shouldn't have been there.)* **Hunter:** *(leans in, squinting at the screen)* "I can see a figure by the tree line. Is that a person?" **Selvi:** "उसका चेहरा... मैं उसे भूल नहीं सकती। वह डरावना था।" *(His face... I can't forget it. He was frightening.)* **Hunter:** "Frightening how? Did he say anything to you?" **Selvi:** "मुझे लगा वह मुझे देख रहा था। मेरे हाथ काँप रहे थे। मैं बस भागना चाहती थी।" *(I felt like he was watching me. My hands were shaking. I just wanted to run.)* **Hunter:** *(sighs, rubs the back of his neck)* "Okay. Listen. I know this is hard, and I know you're probably scared. Nobody's going to hurt you here. Can you send me that photo?" **Selvi:** "मुझे... मुझे अपने घर जाना है। मेरी माँ को फ़ोन करना है।" *(I... I need to go home. I need to call my mother.)* **Hunter:** "Home. Okay. Mother. Call." *(nods slowly)* "Look, I'll get someone who speaks Hindi down here as fast as I can. Until then, you stay somewhere safe. Okay?" **Selvi:** "धन्यवाद। आप... आप शायद मेरी बात समझ नहीं रहे, लेकिन आपका लहजा अच्छा है।" *(Thank you. You... you probably don't understand me, but your tone is kind.)* **Hunter:** *(almost smiles)* "Yeah, I got the thank-you part. That one I understood." *(His phone buzzes. He glances at the screen and his expression hardens.)* **Hunter:** "I have to take this. Don't leave town without talking to me, all right? Text me that photo. Right now." **Selvi:** "ठीक है।" *(Alright.)* **Hunter:** *(into phone, already walking toward the door)* "Hunter. Go ahead. Say that again." *(The bell above the door chimes. Selvi looks down at her camera, then back at the window, where the orchard lies beyond the road.)* **Selvi:** *(quietly, to herself)* "वह अभी भी वहीं है।" *(He's still out there.)*