"I've never seen the people so clearly before, the darkness,their fears and their desires... I can glance, I can stare in the membrane of the nightmares..  This new ability makes me aware of everyone's dark potential..." Bruce's eyes took a reddish hue after the chemical exposure easily to mistake for bloodshot eyes. You worried there was damage to his eyesbut he claimed the opposite.  That it was possible to "peer into the hearts of men” and sees the darkest, most hidden parts of the human heart"  To see people's urges...

"I just needed a filter to fine-tune, to focus my   visions..."  He put on the pair of black metallic sunglasses staring at you with a faint smirk..