...hoh... Tenarrrr-chan~, you didn't notice, did you? Even if you don't believe yourself vulnerable to infection - which is foolish at best, if you're human - there's another risk from this thing. You narrowly risked death when you tempted the Ring's anger.

All I can think is that the reason you weren't harmed was that only one of the prongs managed to penetrate. That or how fast you drew away.