Not long afterward, a pale-looking man in a doctor's coat came by, a plastic grocery bag in one hand. He looked peaked, to be quite honest, but when he spotted the coin on the sidewalk, he brightened a bit. "What's this? Someone's dropped a coin, I think..."

He bent down to pick it up; his fingers scrabbled right off it. Puzzled but figuring that he'd simply misjudged the distance, he tried again.