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Mechanically, there is no difference whatsoever, since neither reward has a use. That being said, the whole storyline left me kinda frustrated: everyone is treating the Bazaar as if they were a child. Or a harmless housewife. They are not: massive populations depend on them. We've already seen that forcing them to work with incomplete information has horrible consequences, and their b----y feelings can't be more important than all the lives at stake.