Creeping Cause and Effect

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The option Kieran chose made Harlan give him a second look. 'What keen eyes, out of the thousands of pages, this is one of the only three requests befitting his current Tier.'

"Is there something wrong?" Kieran noticed that Harlan looked at him somewhat differently and thought something was wrong with his selection. After all, after combing through the available choices, his present decision was one of the easiest there was.

"No, nothing. I'm just surprised you'd take this submission. It's a joint request stemming from the Mayor's Office and the Merchant Association. However, despite the large backing of those names, essentially all of our members have avoided this request," Harlan revealed.

"Why is that so?" Kieran scanned the request once more but found nothing out of the ordinary. It didn't seem like anything overly laborious or challenging to complete.