...Keltham once burned himself with a soldering iron. This is roughly that, but the awful pain of first contact doesn't go away and if anything seems to be slightly worsening.
At least by dath ilani standards of not visibly flinching, he doesn't flinch, nor does he make any sounds.
"Yeah, this would be annoying if it kept up, and it'd be scary if I thought it was doing any actual damage, but I'm very much seeing how this is not going to break past any internal jumbles."
Keltham applies the antidote to himself, reattaches Carissa's cuff to the chain, applies antidote to the two Carissa areas he tapped before, and goes off to check the basket again. He's hoping she's not disappointed in him, but he's definitely not asking her to be impressed.