A: a whole night, never. some time spent listening to music in the dark was quite some time ago, now it would be a painful death (no, actually just painful, death would end it )
A: I didn't mean a whole night, just the better part of it. For myself, it's been too long...might change it tongiht witht he help of some wine, headphones and the Dead Can Dance Tribute album ^_^
Q: Why would it be painful? Is it the particular music you would chose, or just the atmosphere of listening?
A: generally speaking, maybe. but we're talking about wot here, so i'm not going to be found complaining when one of the (supposedly) major characters bites the dust. it was basically r. jordan way to tell us "asmodean is a wuss". i wish he didn't always take that much time and words to drive the point home.
Q: so who's more likely to reach book 7 in song of ice and fire, tyrion or jon?
A: My bets are on Tyrion, he seems hard to kill and he's got a great deal less honour than Jon, and we can all learn from Lord Eddard that honourable men are punished.