garnet was staring out of the window from his hotel suite , listening to the sound of the ships horns in the harbour , and reflecting upon the numerous changes he had witnessed in pyongyangs cityscape in the two years of his more-or-less permanent residence in the capital of new korea , and particularly admiring the breathtaking spiral tower , which now dominated the southern approaches to the city , and which possessed his name : he had achieved his lifetime goal , all but for a few final papers to be signed , and some minor decorative details - of which he considered the rooftop waterfall to be one - to be completed .