His strange obsession with Scott's eyes might not even be fully understood by Midnighter. He would give his thoughts on it, though, the intimacy that's found in looking someone in the eye (whether when making love or choking the life out of them). But perhaps in a way, unconscious to himself, it is a piece of Scott that's been taken away from him at an early age. Much like Midnighter's childhood, and neither can be given back.

"Just who elected you leader of this mission, huh?" Midnighter asks, defiant for no other reason that to stir the shit. "Think a hand's gonna keep me in your lap?"