Though I could just add to the posts I made earlier the way I did with the replies I made, I feel this is different enough that it needed a new post: If you choose to take the mark and date Felcandra instead, the text suggests that you get influence if you were to impress them enough, something like "you feel your pockets get heavier." But no actual change in influence amount appears to have occurred. Bug, or am I misunderstanding something?