He watched it from the strategy room at twenty past eleven at night, on his own, with the lights off.
He had not planned to come back in. He had been in bed with the light out and the phone face down for about nine minutes before he got up, put yesterday's jumper on and drove across the city, and there was nobody in the building except two security officers and a screener who had fallen asleep at a desk.
James put the Korean feed on the big screen and sat down in front of it.
The picture opened in white.
Then it dropped, and shook for a second while the broadcast stabiliser caught up, and settled.
