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Meanwhile Daria ( Daria Halprin ), " a sweet, pot-smoking post-teenybopper of decent inclinations ," is driving across the desert towards Phoenix in a 1950s era Buick automobile to meet her boss Lee, who may or may not also be her lover.

Along the way Daria is searching for a man who works with " emotionally disturbed " children from Los Angeles.

She finds the young boys near a roadhouse in the Mojave desert, but they tease, taunt and grab at her, boldly asking for ' a piece of ass ', to which she asks in reply, ' are you sure you'd know what to do with it?

' Daria flees in her car.

While filling its radiator with water, she is spied from the air by Mark, who buzzes her car and then flies only fifteen feet over Daria as she lies face down in the sand.

They later meet at the desert shack of an old man, where Mark asks her for a lift so he can buy gasoline for the airplane.

The two then wander to Zabriskie Point where they make love and the site's geological formations seem to come alive in a dusty orgy performed by The Open Theatre.

Later a California highway patrolman suspiciously questions Daria.

Hidden behind a portable toilet meant for tourists, Mark takes aim and almost shoots the policeman but Daria stands between the two of them to block this, apparently saving the policeman's life before he drives away.

Mark tells Daria the gun is unloaded, then shallowly buries it.