Whatever answer he had for her would go forgotten as the clock struck 11 o'clock and down below in the basement of the building, Ethan Rayne activated his spell. Kirk was suddenly blind to his surroundings as his mind faded and twisted and became something that it wasn't, as was the nature of this particular spell. Oddly enough, the question that Max had asked him before still registered in his mind as if this new (though, not necessarily improved) Jim Kirk had been the one sitting at this table all along.
In a voice that was pitched a bit deeper and a lot smoother than the one he usually spoke with, he answered: "It depends on what you're looking for, Mrs. Kyle. Something that'll do a quick trick or something to be savored?"