Heh. Well, I'm also a college student, though I must admit that I'm more of an honor student than a party animal. I'm also used to writing frat characters in a comedic fashion- hopefully I'll be able to portray them seriously as well as believably. They'll pop up eventually, no matter which route we end up with.
Quote: | Hmm, couldn't he take his own pulse to get some sense, however imprecise, of time? |
I toyed with this concept quite a bit, actually. It really comes down to a battle of setting realism versus narrative convenience. I think that he could- he just doesn't. Do you know how many times your pulse beats per minute? Isaac sure doesn't. That's be a very inconvenient method of counting, anyway, and I'm not sure he cares enough. Most people would try counting aloud, though I'd imagine few could keep a tempo steady enough to be useful. And that assumes that keeping time would be useful in the first place. |