"She didn't know then," Kiki agreed, "But she does now. Which is the real reason why it hurts so much, isn't it? She's made the choice to uphold the contract. Although you see it as one and the same, that is not the same thing as her choosing to marry Mr. Crowley. But," Kiki said with quiet resignation, "if you are so ready to throw away everything you had because of her mistake and her decision to honorably accept the consequences of her mistake, then there really is nothing left between you."