Run: 2026-10-09-01M4FXQZ8ADYN3NZE0PDVR7G9A

**Voice Sheet: Cafe Scene** **Selvi:** "नहीं... मैंने कुछ नहीं देखा। मैं बस तस्वीरें ले रही थी, और फिर... वो वहाँ था। मुझे डर लग रहा है।" *[No... I didn't see anything. I was just taking pictures, and then... he was there. I'm scared.]* **Hunter:** "Okay. Take it easy. My name's Detective Hunter. I'm looking into what happened at the orchard on Saturday. You were out there with your camera, right? The bakery owner said she saw you at sunrise." **Selvi:** "मुझे समझ नहीं आ रहा कि आप क्या कह रहे हैं। कृपया धीरे बोलिए।" *[I don't understand what you're saying. Please speak slowly.]* **Hunter:** *(sighs, rubs the back of his neck)* "Right. Language barrier. Figures. Okay, let's try this. Orchard. Saturday. You. Camera." *(points at the camera, then at the cafe window, then mimes a tree)* "Did you take pictures out there?" **Selvi:** "हाँ, मैंने वहाँ फ़ोटो खींची थीं। सुबह की धुंध बहुत खूबसूरत थी। लेकिन फिर उस लड़की की चीख़ सुनाई दी... और जब मैंने तस्वीर देखी, तो..." *[Yes, I took photos there. The morning mist was beautiful. But then I heard a girl's scream... and when I looked at the picture, then...]* **Hunter:** "Hold on. Scream? You heard a girl scream?" *(leans forward, pulls out a small notepad)* "Show me. Can you show me the picture?" **Selvi:** *(hesitates, then turns the camera around and slides the screen across the table)* "यही है। देखिए। इस पेड़ के पीछे कोई खड़ा है।" *[This is it. Look. Someone is standing behind this tree.]* **Hunter:** *(squints at the screen, zooms in with two fingers)* "Huh. That's a figure, all right. Could be a person, could be a trick of the fog." *(taps the screen)* "And the time stamp on this says 6:14 a.m. Lila Brandt was last seen around six. Okay. That's something." **Selvi:** "उसने उस लड़की को पकड़ा था। मैंने देखा, उसने उसका हाथ पकड़ा..." *[He was holding that girl. I saw it, he grabbed her arm...]* **Hunter:** "I can't follow you, but your face is telling me plenty." *(softer now)* "Hey. You're safe here. Nobody's going to hurt you in this cafe. Can you tell me anything else? Anything at all?" **Selvi:** "मुझे उसका चेहरा नहीं दिखा। उसने लाल जैकेट पहनी थी... और उसके पास एक पुरानी पिकअप ट्रक थी, नीली।" *[I didn't see his face. He was wearing a red jacket... and he had an old pickup truck, blue.]* **Hunter:** *(writing quickly, then stopping)* "Red jacket. Blue pickup. Okay, I'm getting it. Partial, but I'm getting it." *(pulls out his phone, opens a translation app, and holds it up)* "Here, type what you want to say. Maybe this'll help." **Selvi:** *(types slowly, hands trembling. The app returns a garbled English phrase.)* **Hunter:** *(reads it, frowns)* "'The tree was witness the wind.' Great. Real helpful." *(laughs despite himself)* "Okay, we'll work with what we've got. You're going to have to come down to the station tomorrow and go through these photos with a translator. Is there anyone who speaks Hindi in town?" **Selvi:** "नहीं... मैं यहाँ अकेली हूँ। मेरे प्रोग्राम के लोग बस कुछ दिनों में आएँगे।" *[No... I'm alone here. The people from my program will arrive in just a few days.]* **Hunter:** "Alone. Got it. Then we'll make sure you're looked after." *(his phone buzzes. He glances at the screen and his jaw tightens.)* "Hunter. ...Yeah. ...Where? ...Give me twenty minutes." *(He stands and pulls a business card from his jacket, sliding it across the table next to the camera.)* **Hunter:** "I've got to go. Something's come up at the river. Listen, don't go back out to the orchard alone, okay? Call that number if anyone bothers you. Anyone. I'll come find you myself." **Selvi:** "रुकिए... आप फिर आएँगे?" *[Wait... will you come back?]* **Hunter:** *(pauses at the door, half-turns)* "Yeah. I'll be back. You're going to help me figure out who's wearing that red jacket." *(He exits. Selvi looks down at the photograph on her camera, the figure still hidden in the mist.)* **END SCENE**