The Horse Whisperer

 INTERCUT

 EXT. WOODS - DAY

 LIZ HAMMOND on a cellular, walking away from the crowd.

      LIZ
      Annie, it's Liz. How's Grace?

      ANNIE
       (journalistic)
      Her leg was shattered so they had to,
      uh... remove it. She had some bleeding
      but it's under control.

      LIZ
      Oh God, Annie, I'm so sorry. I... I
      know you're being hit with a low now,
      I don't want to take too much of your
      time but I have to talk to you about
      Pilgrim.

 Annie hears the name as if it's some distant echo she can't
 quite identify; Liz speaks quickly as Annie watches Grace
 breathing in her sleep --

      LIZ
      It's not good. I've never seen an animal
      with these injuries still breathing. I
      know this is difficult to hear right now
      I'd like your permission to put him down.
      It's the really best thing we can do for --

 That was too much information for Annie;

      ANNIE
      Wait, uh, I, I don't understand. Start
      again -- He's alive...

      LIZ
      Yes, but he's in a tremendous pain...

      ANNIE
      Well, of course, right...

      ROBERT
      What is it?

      LIZ
       (overlapping)
      We really shouldn't wait...

      ANNIE
       (overlapping)
      Hold on, Liz...
       (to Robert)
      Something about Pilgrim...

 The Doctor pokes his head in.

      DOCTOR
       (overlapping)
      Mr. and Mrs. MacLean...

      ANNIE
       (overlapping)
      -- put him down. She says...

      ROBERT
       (overlapping, to Doctor)
      Yes. Hi.
       (to Annie)
      Tell her you'll call her back.

 He exits with the Doctor.

      ANNIE
      Liz, listen, the Doctor's here and I
      just can't, uh... talk now... so --

      LIZ
       (interrupting)
      I understand, but Annie, please...

      ANNIE
       (overlapping)
      - See, what you can do for him --...

      LIZ
       (overlapping)
      Annie, no matter what I do, this horse
      will never be the same.

      ANNIE
      ... I just don't know right now! Do
      whatever you can and when Grace is --