What mainly do the following lines from the text reveal about the Red-Eyed Man? "And by the way, my children," he continued blandly, "you don’t need to vocalize verbally with me, you know. I can understand you quite as well as you can understand me.”

The Man with the Red Eyes first captures Charles Wallace and is the leader of the CENTRAL Central Intelligence. The man, however, is only a shell through which IT directs ITs energies. The Man with the Red Eyes personifies the It. The "It" is demanding, controlling, and manipulative.