"You will meet him again," assured Doc Manhattan, coming to stand next to Giles. Rupert gave the Doc a sidelong glance and opened his mouth to speak, but was interrupted. "No, I will not be covering up. The US government in my Universe with all its power could only get me to concede my allegiance and to wear a loin cloth in the bargain. I rather doubt you could do the same."
"And what about Xander?" asked Giles mildly. "What does he think?"
Xander was back in control, he folded his muscled blue arms thoughtfully pretending to think. "Hmm, no, you see Cordelia's reaction to me has erased my fears…and I kinda like having chicks drool…such satisfying revenge for what they do to us men."
"What about school and appearing in public? You would be arrested and…"
"If anyone tried I would simply," Xander waved his hand and all the costumes of the shop vanished, leaving it empty. "I just dumped that right on top of Ethan's head." Giles gaped at the display of power. "I can also alter the wavelengths of light emitted by myself." Xander closed his eyes and there was a slight wavy ripple over his form as there now stood a rather smartly clothed Xander Harris; wearing khaki slacks, leather shoes, and a black shirt with the upper buttons loose – the effect vanished with another ripple and Xander was back to his nude blue form. "Piece of cake, I can even make it selective, that's if I want to blend in. And why should I hide what I am?"
Doc Manhattan returned. "So you see, we are united in purpose and decision, we are one…a blending, despite the fact that we can speak as two separate voices."
Giles nodded in understanding, "If you wish Doctor, I can perhaps look into a magical way of regaining this intrinsic field…"
"It won't work," pronounced Xander immediately, "even if you managed to create intrinsic energy through magical means you have no way to shape it into the correct form; as I doubt one of your hocus pocus litanies could give instructions accurate down to a sub-molecular level."
"Ah, no, if that is what required then I see your point," sighed Rupert, shaking his head. "What are you going to tell the others?"