Yeah, I definitely did not get that from your first post

That is admirable and that kind of empathy is something I don't see much from gamers these days. I want to save her too or else I wouldn't try but I don't want to save her bad enough to sit through the loading screens though. Kudos to you

To be honest, the I actually succeeded on the persuade check on the first try with her.
The guy in the burning building though...I did that like 20 times. Not just because of failing the check. Also because pretty much as soon as you rescue him fires consume the room, and it's easy to get stuck in turn-based mode forever if you try and get into it immediately after that dialogue. It took me awhile to realize I was supposed to destroy the debris in the window before I talked to him.