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Reduction actually happens here <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Return_to_the_Midnight_Moon">https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Return_to_the_Midnight_Moon</a> but does definitely happen even when abandoning. Might be an oversight? So grind it down while you can