Run: 2026-10-08-01M4DA8SVZZJ0S3CVSXS1G42P5

**Voice Sheet: Scene 1, The Cafe on Main Street** *Selvi sits alone at a corner table of the Orchard Bean Cafe, turning her camera over in her hands. Hunter sets two coffees on the table and sits across from her.* **Hunter:** "Excuse me. Are you Selvi? The woman from the guesthouse on Elm said I'd find you here. I'm Detective Hunter. I'd like to ask you about what happened at the orchard Tuesday night." **Selvi:** "मैं... मुझे समझ नहीं आ रहा कि आप क्या कह रहे हैं। वह तस्वीरें... वह सब सच नहीं हो सकता।" *[I... I don't understand what you're saying. Those pictures... it can't all be true.]* **Hunter:** *(pauses, frowns)* "Okay. I'm sorry, I didn't catch that. Do you speak English?" **Selvi:** "कृपया धीरे बोलिए। मैं... मैं बहुत डरी हुई हूँ।" *[Please speak slowly. I... I'm very frightened.]* **Hunter:** *(leans back, rubs his jaw)* "Right. Well, you look like you've seen something you can't explain. That I understand." **Selvi:** *(holds up the camera, pressing a button with trembling fingers)* "यह... यह देखिए। मैंने यह सुबह पाँच बजे ली थी।" *[This... look at this. I took this at five in the morning.]* **Hunter:** *(leans forward, studying the small screen)* "Is that the orchard gate? Hold on, that's Daniel Rourke's truck. Rourke was reported missing Wednesday." **Selvi:** *(nodding rapidly, tapping the screen)* "हाँ, हाँ। और वहाँ... वहाँ कोई खड़ा था। वह मेरी तरफ़ देख रहा था।" *[Yes, yes. And there... someone was standing there. He was looking at me.]* **Hunter:** *(zooming in with two fingers, squinting)* "I can't make out a face. Just a shape by the trees. Can you go back one photo?" **Selvi:** *(swiping, then stopping, her voice cracking)* "यह आख़िरी तस्वीर है जो मैंने ली। उसके बाद कैमरा बंद हो गया।" *[This is the last picture I took. After that, the camera shut off.]* **Hunter:** *(quietly)* "Okay. Okay. You're safe in here, Selvi. Nobody's getting past me to this table." *(Selvi's hand goes to her chest. She breathes unevenly, then points to the window and says something in Hindi, her voice soft and urgent. Hunter nods slowly, though he clearly understands none of it. He slides a napkin and pen across the table. She sketches a rough outline of a tree with a figure beside it.)* **Hunter:** *(studying the sketch)* "A tree line. A figure. You're telling me he was standing right by the old packing shed?" **Selvi:** *(nods, then, in Hindi, a faint question: "क्या आप मेरी बात समझ रहे हैं?")* *[Do you understand what I'm saying?]* **Hunter:** *(gently)* "Honestly? Not a word. But I understand fear, and I understand that you're not making this up." *(Hunter's phone buzzes against the table. He glances at the screen, and his expression tightens.)* **Hunter:** "I have to take this. Stay here, okay? Order anything you want. I'll have Officer Dana come sit with you until I get back." **Selvi:** *(clutching the camera to her chest, whispering)* "जल्दी आइए।" *[Come back quickly.]* **Hunter:** *(already standing, phone to his ear)* "Hunter. Go ahead. ...Where? Bring the car around. I'm on my way." *(He tosses a twenty on the table and exits. Selvi looks down at the camera screen, where the blurred figure still stares back at her.)* **END SCENE**