He really goes into hiding.

That's for Buffy to decide. Sweet how you hypocrites hang together. And one for me, right? And everything's really scary now, you k… Shit happens. Leaving Xander and me to help Buffy in t… Mary had another bad dream. Oh, honey, I want you to meet Dr. Matthe… Yeah, no shit, Sherlock. They do have keen eyesight, however. He hates journalists. What do they tell you? Does he bite? You're a machine. Because you got me to protect you now.