Run: 2026-10-13-01M4TAM0Q0SGXW659N6NWDF60A

**VOICE SHEET — "The Orchard Shadow"** *Scene: A quiet café in Alborn, MN. Autumn. Selvi sits alone, scrolling through photos on her camera. Detective Hunter approaches.* --- **Hunter** [friendly but official]: "Excuse me, ma'am? Detective Hunter, Alborn Police. Mind if I ask you a couple of questions?" **Selvi** [startled, uncertain]: "माफ़ कीजिए... मैं... मैं अंग्रेज़ी नहीं बोलती।" *(Maaf kijiye... main... main angrezi nahi bolti.)* **Hunter** [pausing, thrown off]: "Ah. Okay. Um... do you speak English? Any English at all?" **Selvi** [shaking her head, apologetic]: "नहीं... मुझे क्षमा करें।" *(Nahi... mujhe kshama karein.)* **Hunter** [slow, deliberate, gesturing]: "Right. Okay. Last Saturday — the apple festival — a man went missing. Daniel Mercer. Were you... near the orchard that night?" **Selvi** [troubled, voice trembling]: "वह रात... मैंने बगीचे के पास कुछ देखा। एक आदमी... या शायद कोई साया था। मैं बहुत डर गई थी।" *(Woh raat... maine bagiche ke paas kuch dekha. Ek aadmi... ya shayad koi saaya tha. Main bahut dar gayi thi.)* **Hunter** [confused, gentle]: "I'm sorry, I... I don't understand a word. But I can hear it — you saw something, didn't you? Something scared you." **Selvi** [urgent, lifting her camera]: "मेरी तस्वीरें! कृपया देखिए... मैंने उस रात तस्वीरें ली थीं।" *(Meri tasveerein! Kripaya dekhiye... maine us raat tasveerein li thiin.)* **Hunter** [catching on, pointing at the camera]: "Your camera — you took pictures? That night? May I?" **Selvi** [relieved, nodding rapidly]: "हाँ! हाँ, देखिए! यहाँ... पेड़ों के बीच। क्या आप यह देख रहे हैं?" *(Haan! Haan, dekhiye! Yahaan... pedon ke beech. Kya aap yeh dekh rahe hain?)* **Hunter** [low, intent]: "Wait. Right there. Between the trees — is that a person? Ma'am, when did you take this? What time?" **Selvi** [shaken, hugging the camera to her chest]: "मुझे नहीं पता... बहुत अँधेरा था। लेकिन कुछ था। मैं जानती हूँ कुछ था।" *(Mujhe nahi pata... bahut andhera tha. Lekin kuch tha. Main jaanti hoon kuch tha.)* **Hunter** [quietly, more to himself]: "I don't know what you're saying, but whatever's in this photo... it's the first real lead I've had in three weeks." *[Phone rings. Hunter answers, turning slightly away.]* **Hunter** [into phone, clipped]: "Hunter. ... Yeah. ... Where? ... I'll be there in ten." **Hunter** [turning back, apologetic, tapping the camera]: "I'm sorry — I have to go. This photo — keep it safe, alright? I'll come back. I'll find someone who speaks your language. I promise." **Selvi** [soft, pleading]: "कृपया... उन्हें ढूँढ लीजिए।" *(Kripaya... unhe dhoondh lijiye.)* **Hunter** [holding her gaze, though the words are lost on him]: "...I will." *[He exits. Selvi looks down at the shadow in her photograph.]* --- **END OF SCENE**