When he heard this Seth felt something inside of him snap, but instead of trying to punch out Kane as his instincts told him to do, he spoke in a low, and cold voice as he said, "I'm sorry, but what the fuck did you just say?" Kane smirked and said, "Exactly as I said. You had your powers sealed and from the looks of it maybe a little personality alteration. I'm no warlock, but it's pretty obvious that you aren't the same cowardly little turd that you were a couple weeks ago." Seth told himself that although Kane was a prick, it was no reason to punch him out and that if he were to start a bar fight then there was no way he was going to be able to meet up with Jack.
After he took a deep breath to calm down he asked, "Is there any witch, warlock, or whatever that has the ability to do that for the entire fu- sixteen years that I've been alive for in this city?" Kane said, "Are you retarded? This is freaking New York City." Katrina must have seen that Seth was close to snapping so she chanted in, "New York. London. Prague. Paris. Alexandria. Kyoto. Hon-Kong. New Orleans. Surat-" "Why the hell are you listing random cities," questioned Seth. She said, "I'm not. These are just a few of them, but all these places are areas that attract a large number of children of the sun and moon. That also means that if you want to find someone whose got any real talent or skill, you head to these places and more to the point New York is famous among our community for housing the Grand Master of the House of the Magi. A.K.A the ruler of every witch and warlock."
Seth looked at her like she was speaking Greek so she said, "You've got talent, but this guy can flick his rest and turn you into lizard dust without even batting an eyelash. Not only that, but his council is filled with the most powerful witches and warlock in the whole world. So to answer your question, yeah there's a lot of people who can do what they did to you without you ever figuring out that it was done to you." Seth took a moment to let this sink in and remind himself that no, it still wasn't a dream and that yes, this was now his reality.
When this was done he asked, ''Do you know where Jack Giftzahn is?" Katrina said, "Jack, why do you want him?" He said, "I have a favor to ask of him." Kane laughed and said, "You seriously think that the Alpha of the New York pack is gonna do a favor for some coal sucker who probably hasn't figured out how to shift and has absolutely no control over his abilities?" Seth said, "On second thought, screw not starting a fight." Seconds later, Seth saw his right hand morph into something filled with blue-black scales and white claws as this other hand fisted and connected with Kane's Jaw.
"Now while he's surprised push him against the bar and put your claw at his neck," came a thought to his head. Not one to disappoint, Seth did just that and said, "I'm sorry, but what is it that you were saying?" Kane's eyes changed to a golden color and glowed as he said, "Let go of me and I'll show you how a real fight is supposed to be." Seth smirked and said, "And why would I do that? It's pretty clear here who the stronger one is." In the back his mind, Seth wondered just when he had become so callous, but quickly shoved that thought away when Kane said, "What coal sucker? Scared of getting in a fair fight with a real shifter?" At this moment Seth really wanted to hit something so he pushed Kane away and said, "Game on. You ready to go?"
"Just what are you brats doing," asked an annoyed Jack. Kane and Seth turned their heads to the intruder as Jack continued, "And you, put that away, we're not in the right company for that." this was directed at Seth and as he was about to say that he wasn't sure how this happened, Seth's claw morphed back into a hand. Jack then pointed to Kane and said, "And you I expect better from. You know better than picking a fight with someone who has a lot of power, but no control. Now that we're done with that, what the hell are you doing here again other than disrupting my club with your antics?"
Seth said, "I need a place to stay for the night." Jack said, "And why would I give you one? You have parents and a home and to be frank I don't have much patience for annoying brats." Seth said, "I refuse to go home and if you give me a place to stay it would piss off my dad because he hasn't a clue to where I've been since the last time I was here." Jack said, "You are really underestimating your old man. You know that right? Listen here. Aleksander Drak has been around for a few millennium and back in Prague, he was regarded as one of the most powerful members of the Order of Ouroboros. Do you honestly believe that a person like that would be stupid enough not to be able to keep track of his own son?" Seth said, "Then how about the fact that it would annoy him to know I went to you for help instead of asking him for help even though I am aware of the fact that there is no love lost between the two of you."
The longest silence that Seth had ever felt occurred and then Jack muttered a curse before he said, "If you break anything, I'll tear you apart, but you can take one of the guest rooms upstairs." Seth kept his face impassive and said, "Thank you for your help" before slipping up the stairs behind the bar.
