sadly,annoyingly,yes it does.for breakdown it always goes by leader's skill,while creation relies on the skills of the person youre usin to create items.
yeah,once she stops talkin to you she wont ever talk to you again other than that same phrase,with the exception of after the second visit to telos.to keep it from happenin again:
it seems that the more influence you have the more you can affect those youve influenced,alignment wise.and the class you choose can also have some effect to how much influence you can gain each time you influence them.