Detecting escape much slower than control+c

[Lucas256-cmd]

When I define custom keybinds like in the code below, detecting escape takes much longer (minimum 1.5 seconds) to detect than ctrl+c. Why is this? And how can it be fixed please?

# import libraries
from InquirerPy import inquirer
from InquirerPy.base.control import Choice


# create basic prompt
prompt_answer = inquirer.select(
    message="select an action",
    choices=[
        Choice("add", "Add"),
        Choice("remove", "Remove"),
        Choice("edit", "Edit"),
        Choice("print", "Print"),
        Choice("settings", "Settings"),
        Choice("help", "Help"),
        Choice("quit", "Quit"),
    ],
    raise_keyboard_interrupt=False,
    keybindings={"skip": [{"key": "escape"}], "interrupt": [{"key": "c-e"}]},
    mandatory=True,
)


# define function to handle escape key

prompt_answer.execute()

Thanks in advance