Hmm, yes? It's set to 6 at the end of the NC, but there are 7 encounters to the next one. I adventure there by using an alias that does one encounter regardless of turn-taking, then outputs the tracking variables for free fights left and now also encountersUntilNEPChoice. It hits 0, then there is one more encounter before next NC. First one's fine, though, since it starts out with 7 when you begin the quest. I haven't checked if the variable doesn't reset if you skip the quest several days in a row, where it continues the count across rollover.