With everyone else preoccupied with their lives or tending to someone else’s, Mark and Lola stop at a hot dog stand in Hollywood for a bite to eat.

Lola ”What’s really on your mind, Mark?”

Mark ”…That obvious, huh?”

Lola ”Yeah.  It’s real obvious.”

Mark ”…I hate hospitals.  I fucking hate them.  Nothing good ever happens there unless somebody’s being born and even that requires someone to suffer pain.”

Lola ”Is it the hospital or just seeing Dana like that?”

Mark ”…It was what?  A week ago?  A week ago, everything was perfect.  I should be having the time of my life right now.  Veronica’s running the media gauntlet for me.  We just had the release party.  Dana…looked great.  And now…she’s on a fucking death bed and the last thing I’m thinking about is whether the documentary’s selling or being seen in the indie cinemas.”

Lola ”It’s mortality.  It’s a drawback to having it.”

Mark ”I don’t get it, Lola.  Who or what…allows this bullshit to happen?  Dana’s only thirty-two.  She just won this big tournament.  She was just dancing and laughing and enjoying life last week.  What the fuck?  I mean…I mean is that all life fucking is?  Some sick joke where the punchline is, ”Now the part where you fucking die for no reason?”

Lola ”I know it’s upsetting.  I know how much your friends mean to you.  But…it’s nature.”

Mark ”Fuck nature.  Fuck whatever committee or some room full of gods or other existential beings thought this shit was a good idea.  Fuck them.”

Lola ”Mark…I think you’re being a little overzealous here.”

Mark shakes his head.

Mark ”It doesn’t make sense.  It makes no Goddamned sense.”

Lola ”It might not, but…you know what you’re gonna do?”

Mark ”What?”

Lola ”You’re gonna finish your lunch.  We’re gonna talk.  We’re gonna ride around, listen to loud music and be general nuisances.  And then at three, or maybe a little before that since you wanna get there a little early…you’re gonna go in there.  And I’m gonna be with you.  You’re gonna see your friends in there.  You’re gonna let them know you love them.  You’re gonna be there for them.  You’ll tell a bad joke and you’ll make Dana laugh…just as you always do.”