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Thanks for the info! I went there with 5 (or some less than 7) cycles completed. I did about 4 more in one session. Went to Polythreme and back - still no option. So, they really need to be completed in one session, I guess. I didn't see a counter, so I falsely assumed doing it in a single session did not matter ... Fairly obscure indeed.