You're asking a lot to expect consistency from the setting Dr Manhattan rebooted but didn't reboot but did reboot but didn't reboot.
Hey, at least Dr Manhattan isn't a featless wonder now anymore
Yeah, but if you... man, we're getting into weird analogy territory, like if you disintegrated Superman's arms he wouldn't be able to go "fool! Little did you know that my arms and I are one and can be remade from me!" and will his arms back into being from pure nothingness. - Pendaran
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