"That explains why I've never seen any, I have eyes, I wouldn't want to go around a dark cave looking for weird bats. I've heard of plants with eyes, though. Those ghoulish mushroom guys, Romos used to have man-faced trees... Seems to be more useful to have a pair than to not."

It's kind of lazy... he can identify with being lazy and green. Something in the back of his mind doubles his empathy with this situation.