To clarify:
1) I whip-cut him with a poisonous demon tentacle, I did not stab him.
2) I freely admit to poisoning him (see demon tentacle, above).
3) The curse was just bad luck from the demon attack (why does he seem to have bad luck in my stories?).
4) At no time did I indicate the body paint was from herbs. It may well have been the blood of an innocent, baby . . . lima bean.
5) As to setting him on fire . . . Buffy will take care of that in the next story . . . the one where you're going to have to avert your eyes!! :-)

Thanks for reading Cap! Next story July 7th, where claiming talk will become claiming action!!