>>Ripples of gleaming cerulean light exude from the orb hovering near you, causing your scales to take on the texture and color of a babbling brook.<<
You actually thought to differentiate between scales and skin. Scales and skin. The only thing I could have possibly complained about regarding OM returning, but you caught it before it even got out of the gate. I'm impressed.
This one's good, people. Keep him.
~I.B.