The man was jogging back toward John. He thought excitedly "Could this guy be my next Beta?" The guy slowed as he approached the car, and then stopped. John rolled down his window. "Yes?"
"I don't know if you noticed, but you dropped something." The man bent down and stood back up, holding a vial in his hand. Oh no! It was the alpha vial!
"I've got to be more careful with that," John thought. "At this rate, I'm going to break it or lose it before I finish recruiting."
"Thanks, bud," John replied, and took the vial from the guy. He carefully stowed it its case, and put the case on the floor in the backseat, where it wouldn't fall over or anything. As he sat back up in his seat, John noticed that the man was still there. "Hmm," John thought. "Maybe he's here for more than that."