Schmendrick caught the coin, but his eyes didn't leave Zoe's face. He considered her for a moment, then slipped the object back into his pocket.
"I've been thinking. I've been thinking that the City might need a magic show. Something to introduce a little wonder - the sort of wonder that doesn't involve blizzards or city-wide epidemics. The good kind. Maybe a magic show. Or a carnival. What do you think?"