If you're talking about "Practise beyond the Given Boundary" it's normal, this version of the action is available only in Willowbrook Village and only increase one elemental affinity (depending on the incarnation) whereas the Harmonized Settlement version increase all affinities at once but the progression is spread between all of them
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My bad, I have indeed Harmonized Settlement written but it is only said "Its remaining limits belong partly to the element and partly to the person guarding it" as a reference to the element, not that no element dominates (so the same for both versions), the only difference being that there is a mention of "mixed circulation" for the Circulation without a Dominant Sign