Run: 2026-10-08-01M4DAJJ09FDG9VK21F2XVGZ74

**VOICE SHEET: "The Orchard Photographs," Scene 1** *[A small corner table at the Crooked Spoon Cafe. Late afternoon light through the window. SELVI sits with her camera in her lap, scrolling through the screen with trembling fingers. HUNTER approaches and stops at the table.]* **Hunter:** Excuse me. Are you Selvi Raman? I'm Detective Hunter with the Alborn PD. I'm sorry to bother you, but I'd like to ask you about what happened at the orchard Tuesday night. **Selvi:** "मुझे नहीं पता कि आप क्या पूछ रहे हैं... वो आदमी वहाँ खड़ा था, बिल्कुल स्थिर, जैसे हमें देख रहा हो। मैं डर गई थी।" *[I don't know what you're asking... That man was standing there, perfectly still, as if he were watching us. I was scared.]* **Hunter:** Okay. I... I don't speak Hindi. Can you try English? **Selvi:** "कृपया... मैं समझ नहीं पा रही हूँ। मेरी भाषा... मेरी भाषा नहीं।" *[Please... I can't understand. My language... not your language.]* *[She tightens her grip on the camera and turns the screen toward him.]* **Hunter:** Hang on. Let me try something. *[He pulls out his phone and opens a translation app.]* Tuesday. Orchard. You saw something? **Selvi:** "हाँ, यही... मैंने रात में तस्वीरें ली थीं। यह देखिए।" *[Yes, that... I took photos that night. Look at this.]* *[She taps the screen. A grainy long-exposure photo of the orchard fills the display, a tall figure between the trees, faintly lit by the moon.]* **Hunter:** *[leaning closer]* That's... that's the north row. Where the Halvorsen kid was last seen. *[He glances at his phone, typing.]* Did you take this before or after the lights went out? **Selvi:** "बत्तियाँ जाने से पहले। फिर वह आदमी गायब हो गया... बस ऐसे ही। जैसे हवा में घुल गया हो।" *[Before the lights went out. Then the man disappeared... just like that. As if he dissolved into the air.]* *[The translation app gives a garbled English output. Hunter squints at it, then sets the phone down.]* **Hunter:** Okay. That didn't help much. *[He pulls out a notepad and sketches a rough figure.]* Tall? Like this? *[He holds up a hand at the height of his own head.]* **Selvi:** "हाँ... लेकिन उससे भी लंबा। और उसके हाथ... बहुत लंबे थे।" *[Yes... but taller than that. And his arms... they were very long.]* **Hunter:** *[Hunter's jaw tightens. He writes slowly.]* Long arms. Got it. Selvi, I'm going to need you to keep those photos safe. Don't delete anything, and don't send them to anyone yet. Can you do that? **Selvi:** "मैं... मैं कोशिश करूँगी। क्या आप मुझे सुरक्षित रखेंगे?" *[I... I'll try. Will you keep me safe?]* **Hunter:** *[softly]* I'll do my best. *[His phone buzzes. He glances at the screen and exhales sharply.]* Dammit. I have to take this. *[He steps a few feet away and answers.]* **Hunter:** *(into phone)* Hunter. ...Yeah, I'm at the Spoon now. ...No, I haven't got the Halvorsen file with me. ...Fine. Twenty minutes. *[He returns to the table and slides a business card across it.]* **Hunter:** I have to go. There's an interpreter at the county office. I'll arrange for someone to come sit with you tomorrow so we can get this sorted properly. *[He pauses, then adds quietly.]* And Selvi? Don't go back to the orchard alone. Not until I say so. **Selvi:** "आप सुन रहे हैं न? मैं आपको सब बताना चाहती हूँ, लेकिन आपको मेरी बात समझनी होगी।" *[You're listening, right? I want to tell you everything, but you have to understand me.]* **Hunter:** *[shaking his head with a faint, apologetic smile]* I'm trying. Really. Tomorrow. *[He turns and walks out the cafe door. Selvi watches him go, then looks back down at the photo on her camera. The tall figure stares back from the screen.]* *[END SCENE]*