(Don’t ask me to explain that scientifically, but I’m pretty sure that’s what happened.)
Incidentally, I’m very interested to know what would come up if those skin pieces got tested for DNA.
Speaking of Mr. Low Down And Dirty Hughes, he got his just desserts when Ruby made him think things were getting sexual, and then dropped a can of nightmare worms inside him.
Mr. Hughes then had to watch his attacker shed all of her skin and become a gore-covered Black woman, which probably made him forget about his anal pains for at least a split second.