Keltham smiles, for he sees the humor in the situation, though he doesn't know if Carissa will find it humorous at all.
"Well, I just got an interesting answer from my mind when I asked it why I was scared of something I knew I wanted. Apparently, I really don't want to disappoint you by missing some key requirement on my performance that you're not thinking to mention, and then you'll never offer me this again. Apparently even if three other women here offer it to me, I'm attached to getting it from you, in particular. I have no idea how you'll take that, but it seemed like the sort of thing I ought to let you know."