I'm so slow to review it's terrible. But here I am.

I really liked this, and I think you did a great job with this. That's really good thinking, actually, about the scales on his hand because of the accident with the potion. And it's creative too.

You used the prompt I gave you really well. Now I'm curious to see what you'd write if I asked you to write about how he got the red streak in his hair. :)