I’ve tried a few times. It makes me feel bad, but seems to mostly just progress normally with some attitude from the character.

There’s some games where it might actually matter, but my casual gamer self never plays those because with 2 to 3 hours a week to play I can’t keep up with all the details of every interaction I’ve taken in the game.

I really wanted to reply “checkmate” but you already added it yourself. So instead I posted this. You’re welcome internet!