Yeah. Better to let it chip off a little at a time than to wash it off, but you can do that if there's residue still there after a while. He took blood not too long ago, so there shouldn't be much keeping him from healing once the stuff's neutralised. He might need a little more.

[ Shoes attended to, he kicks them off and picks up the PRECIOUS BOYBAND MUG again. Bone and ash from burned pages of scripture and oil and dust. ]

Fucked up how quickly it gets normal, right? To just see someone in the street and they've sprouted wings and you just think 'yeah, that's the red moon, better not piss them off too much'.