Run: 2026-10-08-01M4DA6QEY898A9DXZF0YFEP4A

**VOICE SHEET** **Scene:** Corner table, Maple & Ash Café, Alborn, MN. Late afternoon. Selvi sits alone, camera in her lap, scrolling through photos. Hunter approaches. --- **Hunter:** Excuse me. Mind if I sit? I'm Detective Hunter. I'm looking into what happened at Miller's Pond on Tuesday night. You were out there with that camera, weren't you? The owner said you've been shooting around the lake all week. **Selvi:** मुझे माफ़ कीजिए, मुझे अंग्रेज़ी नहीं आती। *(I'm sorry, I don't know English.)* **Hunter:** Okay. Sorry, I'm not... you don't speak English at all? **Selvi:** (shaking her head) नहीं... मैं बस... मैं ठीक नहीं हूँ। *(No... I'm just... I'm not okay.)* **Hunter:** Hindi? I don't... I don't speak that. Hang on. *(pulls out phone, types)* Okay, this is going to be clunky. Let me try a translator. **Selvi:** (softly, staring at the camera screen) मैंने कल शाम वह तस्वीर खींची थी। झील के किनारे। वहाँ एक आदमी खड़ा था। *(I took that picture last evening. By the lake. There was a man standing there.)* **Hunter:** *(squinting at phone, reading slowly)* "Picture... last evening... lake... man standing." Okay. You took a picture of a man at the lake? **Selvi:** (nodding, turning the camera toward him) हाँ। और फिर वह गायब हो गया। बस एक पल में। *(Yes. And then he disappeared. Just like that, in a moment.)* **Hunter:** *(leaning in, studying the screen)* Hold on. Can you... go back one? *(Selvi swipes. The photo shows a blurred figure near the reeds, then the next frame is empty water.)* Jesus. Okay. Did you see him leave? **Selvi:** (her voice trembling) मैं डर गई थी। मेरे हाथ काँप रहे थे। मैंने कैमरा नीचे नहीं किया। *(I was scared. My hands were shaking. I didn't lower the camera.)* **Hunter:** *(typing again)* "Scared... hands shaking... didn't lower camera." Yeah. I get that. Look, you're not in any trouble here. I just need you to tell me everything you remember. Can you do that? **Selvi:** (pressing her hand to her chest) मेरा दिल बहुत तेज़ धड़क रहा है। मुझे समझ नहीं आ रहा कि यह सब क्या हो रहा है। *(My heart is pounding so hard. I don't understand what is happening.)* **Hunter:** *(quietly)* Yeah. Me neither, honestly. Five people in eight months, and nobody's seen a thing. **Selvi:** (looking up, eyes wet) तुम भी कुछ नहीं जानते। *(You don't know anything either.)* **Hunter:** *(sighs, taps phone)* "You don't know anything either." Probably not. *(Phone buzzes. He glances at the screen and stands.)* Sorry, I have to take this. *(Answering)* Hunter. ...Yeah. ...How far out? ...Got it. I'm on my way. *(He turns back to Selvi.)* **Hunter:** I have to go. Something came up. Stay in town for a few more days, okay? And please, stay away from the lake until this is sorted. Don't go out there alone. **Selvi:** (quietly, in Hindi) कृपया सावधान रहिए। वह अभी भी वहीं है। *(Please be careful. He is still out there.)* **Hunter:** *(pausing at the door)* I have no idea what you just said. But I'm guessing it wasn't good news. *(He exits. Selvi lowers her gaze to the camera screen. Lights fade.)*