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And if it wasn’t obvious before, Dr. Manhattan’s remark to Laurie to
“come…dry your eyes…” shows us that she did indeed end up crying at the end of
their conversation, as he said she would on page 17. However,
these tears did not come about because Dr. Manhattan refused to intervene on
Earth as Laurie had suspected.
They were a result of her realization that Blake was her father, and
could possibly now be tears of joy thanks to Dr. Manhattan’s change of heart
regarding the human race.
And the
comment, “dry your eyes,” is also emphasized by the “eyes” we can see in this
panel formed by Mars and the sun – and, of course, there is a small satellite
orbiting Mars (the right eye in this case), which is yet another example of the
blood-spattered smiley face button motif.
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