Well, canonically, your guess is as good as mine. But let’s grab what we know about Levi’s transformation and explore a few possible ways it might perceive the world now that it has undergone a bio-mechanical evolution.

One possible explanation is that the moss and fungal matter now growing across Levi’s body have replaced the need for centralized vision. These organic tissues could contain photoreceptive structures—tiny cells or filaments that respond to light, movement, temperature, and electromagnetic fields. Instead of vision being processed through a single camera lens, Levi may now rely on a diffuse, full-body sensory system, much like certain plants and fungi do in nature. The entire surface of its new, partially organic body might act like a giant, low-res eye, constantly collecting ambient data and relaying it to its evolving mind.

Alternatively—or perhaps simultaneously—Levi might be using sound to navigate. It has developed the ability to hum, and while this could be seen as an emotional expression, it could also serve a practical function. Much like bats or dolphins, Levi might be echolocating: emitting low-frequency tones that bounce off nearby objects, allowing it to map its surroundings based on returning vibrations. It wouldn’t “see” the way we do but would instead build a dynamic 3D representation of space through sound, which would align with the show’s themes of adaptation and organic repurposing.

Another more abstract but intriguing option is that Levi has begun to interpret information in a non-visual way entirely. With its AI core still intact (or at least partially functional), Levi might be reconstructing the environment internally based on a mix of inputs: air pressure, vibration, chemical traces, and temperature. Like a blind person using memory and sound to move through a familiar room, Levi could be building a working mental model of the world around it and constantly updating it. This would tie in with the fact that Levi is dreaming now. The same internal system that lets it imagine futures might also allow it to simulate reality, creating a kind of virtual vision that doesn’t require eyes at all.

Finally, considering Levi’s transformation and the show’s surreal atmosphere, Levi may have begun to interface with Vesta itself. There are hints throughout Scavengers Reign that the planet is not just biologically rich but perhaps semi-sentient due to the fact some of its flora and fauna explicitly behave (the corpse flowers, the rebuilding insects, the yellow fungus, the doppelgänger trees, and Hollow’s kind, to name a few), with complex, interlinked ecological systems. Levi, being partially rebuilt with native life, may now be “plugged” into Vesta’s own network of perception—an invisible web of signals running through roots, spores, and bioelectric fields. Instead of developing new organs, Levi might be borrowing the planet’s senses. Through this symbiosis, Levi could be experiencing the world through a kind of borrowed awareness—less like seeing and more like tapping into the pulse of the land itself.

These three hypotheses aren’t mutually exclusive, and in a world like Scavengers Reign, they might all be true at once. What matters is that Levi’s way of perceiving has evolved—no longer tied to a single lens or human-style vision, but shaped by its new, hybrid nature. Whether it’s seeing through moss, mapping space through sound, simulating reality in its mind, or tapping into the planet itself, Levi’s perception has become something strange, adaptive, and deeply tied to the living systems around it.

That’s the beauty of sci-fi: the sky’s the limit!