Of course he needs to see in the dark, I said he was caring, I didn't say anything about myself.
Often when he comes to lovingly feed me my fish heads, I attack him in a fit of twisted love, and since I have carved out the retinas of my eyes with a rusty Spork, I need complete dark.
Like he wants to wander into my domain under the stairs to give me a hug and bowl of fish heads, without being able to see me, what with me liable to try to gum his arm off (I have no teeth, damn fish bones)