(without any conscious thought at all, in a fraction of a second, Keltham arrives at the meta-level conclusion that he has been prompted to fast action and therefore fast thought)

- okay but how hard exactly is it okay to bite down she probably does not mean he is supposed to literally actually bite off a piece of ear or maybe she does -
- there are healing spells here -
- Keltham himself has the power to heal, granted him by his god, still unknown -

Keltham quickly clenches his left fist, presses his fingernails into his own palm in order to get a very quick concept of how much force might correspond to how much pain, quickly increases the pressure until the pain seems substantial, more than merely noticeable, and then bites down around that hard on Carissa's ear.

(without any conscious thought at all, in a fraction of a second, Keltham arrives at the meta-level conclusion that he has been prompted to fast action and therefore fast thought)

- okay but how hard exactly is it okay to bite down she probably does not mean he is supposed to literally actually bite off a piece of ear or maybe she does -
- there are healing spells here, he needs to worry less -
- Keltham himself has the power to heal, granted him by his god, still unknown -

Keltham quickly clenches his left fist, presses his fingernails into his own palm in order to get a very quick concept of how much force might correspond to how much pain, quickly increases the pressure until the pain seems substantial, more than merely noticeable, and then bites down around that hard on Carissa's ear.

(without any conscious thought at all, in a fraction of a second, Keltham arrives at the meta-level conclusion that he has been prompted to fast action and therefore fast thought)

- okay but how hard exactly is it okay to bite down she probably does not mean he is supposed to literally actually bite off a piece of ear or maybe she does -
- there are healing spells here, he needs to worry less -
- Keltham himself has the power to heal, granted him by his deity still unknown -

Keltham quickly clenches his left fist, presses his fingernails into his own palm in order to get a very quick concept of how much force might correspond to how much pain, quickly increases the pressure until the pain seems substantial, more than merely noticeable, and then bites down around that hard on Carissa's ear.

(without any conscious thought at all, in a fragmentary perceptual moment, Keltham arrives at the meta-level conclusion that he has been prompted to fast action and therefore fast thought)

- okay but how hard exactly is it okay to bite down she probably does not mean he is supposed to literally actually bite off a piece of ear or maybe she does -
- there are healing spells here, he needs to worry less -
- Keltham himself has the power to heal, granted him by his deity still unknown -

Keltham quickly clenches his left fist, presses his fingernails into his own palm in order to get a very quick concept of how much force might correspond to how much pain, quickly increases the pressure until the pain seems substantial, more than merely noticeable, and then bites down around that hard on Carissa's ear.