Scam Artist?

My day by noon: Eli woke me up with a bloody nose this morning. when I got up to help him, he had already been in the bathroom, making it look like a crime scene with blood EVERYWHERE. Then we left to paint at the school and Eli came up covered in red marker. He was Spiderman. (btw: washable markers are NOT all that washable!) Since I didn't get all of it off, Eli said that we could just tell people that it was blood - 'cause blood is cool for boys and people might want to help him and give him money.