NARSES (NARRATOR) [NARSES AS AN OLD MAN IN HIS 90S IS SITTING OVERLOOKING A VINEYARD IN NAPLES that has rows and rows RIPE GRAPES. OLD MAN NARSES IS DRESSED IN A SIMPLE GREY TUNIC, HE LOOKS AT THE YOUNG MAN DRESSED IN PURPLE ROYAL REGALIA APPROACHING HIM WITH A BARREL OF WINE IN ONE HAND AND CUPS IN ANOTHER.] Old Narses (speaking to the young man): What do you know of Justinian and Theodora? The young