[…] I wiped my nose for the last time and turned off the Dylan-N-Asher 4ever playlist I had going on my iPod.

Hibiscus Tower was located in the northwestern corner of the present-day city of Chen-chiang on the south bank of the Yangtze. Near Chen-chiang is the Grand Canal, which then as now ran northward and, during the T’ang, formed a vital link between the Yangtze in the south and the Yellow River in the north.

I'm availing myself of the opportunity.

Power corrupts. That's just the nature of the beast.