Thank you for the question!
I definitely messed up the wording there. My intention with that starting promise was to get the player to search for a Townie whose business they could work at, giving the player a venue for potential promises (for example, you learn that the Barkeep has a crush on someone else and needs help or that the owner of the General Shop wants to reconnect with their long-lost sibling). This is similar to the other starting promise “Get to Know My Host”.
The wording here might...