carver could avail himself of its lavish facilities , that , in any case , pyongyang was the very last place on earth that he currently wished to return to , being , as it were , the last known definitive whereabouts of the mysterious assassin medea , who , he had only lately ascertained might also have in her arsenal a bullet with his own name inscribed upon it , and , that fact aside , he had no wish to co-operate with a film crew of investigative journalists who would inevitably be looking to sensationalise what for him was still a sensitive incident , not to mention a personal loss and tragedy , but lieutenant kim had long since hung up , and martin found himself giving his excuses to an empty room .