An open letter to Basil and Basil. But first, let's see what's in the secret compartment today. Oh, it's grislor. Yeah, I guess that is kind of how the Russians saw the Mongols. Dear Basils, the 15th century Muscovite Civil War was insanely complicated, but it culminated with you guys essentially blinding each other. First, Basil II, the eventual winner of the Civil War, had Basil the Cross-Eyed blinded – because being cross-eyed wasn't bad enough – and that was seen as the end of the political career of Basil the Cross-Eyed. But then Basil the Cross-Eyed's brother tracked down Basil II and he was like, I'm gonna blind you back!