Yes! Oliver just knows what time it is! He is so in touch with nature now that he is a farmer in Stardew Valley!

It's 11:10am.

Planting parsnip seeds took how long?  Okay, Oliver was going to try to chop down stumps and gather driftwood to see if he could get 50 wood, since he has a feeling he may want more inventory slots around, but if world-time passes that quickly--or maybe only when he's not in conversation?--Oliver is going to quickly run off to the Stardrop Tavern or whatever it was called and check in with Emily.  Though he'll also stop along the way if he spots the mayor, or Robin, wandering about.

Oliver walks east. He sees a leek as he goes past the bus stop, and stops to pick it. He continues on into the main part of town. As he enters the town square he sees a young guy with short spiky blond hair walking purposefully east. He also sees Gus coming out the front of Pierre's general store and heading in the direction of the saloon.

Is he in position to talk to Gus without going out of his way?

Actually, either way, Oliver wants to try running toward Gus to see if that's still allowed by the laws of physics, and if he can run at variable speeds or he only has a Walk speed and a Run speed.

He can run! Though apparently, yes, there are only two speeds. Or three if you count not moving at all as a speed.

If he runs he will beat Gus to the saloon. Seems kind of unfair to Gus, who maybe didn't guess he was going to be in a footrace this morning.

No, he'll stop and slow to Gus's speed as he gets to where Gus is.  Assuming he can match Gus's speed without repeatedly starting and stopping his movements.

Gus and Oliver converge on the door of the Stardrop Saloon!

He notes the time.  "Got time for a quick question?" he says experimentally before Gus steps in.

It's noon!

"Howdy! Sure, what can I do for you!"

It took him how long to walk to the tavern--you know, Oliver isn't going to complain, it's obvious on one level what's going on.

"Just a bit of a question about Pelican Town customs.  If one woman likes daffodils and another likes dandelions, would it be considered generally bad or iffy behavior to give a daffodil to one and a dandelion to the other?  Like, be the sort of man who gives flowers to more than one woman at a time?  Would the one who liked dandelions be upset to find out about the one who got a daffodil?"

"There's no problem at all with giving people gifts they'll like. Everybody likes gifts!"

"I think it might be a bit of a faux pas if you gave a whole bouquet to multiple people at once, but c'mon, you just got here last night. It's a little early for bouquets, don'cha think?"

"Got it.  More generally, is there an expectation that a man date only one woman at a time?  Or for that matter, that if a woman's dating one man she's probably not dating anyone else?"

"Didn't I just say it was too early for bouquets?"

"I guess there's nothing actually stopping you from giving bouquets to more than one person, but like I said, that would probably not go over well if they all found out."

"I don't know of anyone in town who's given or received a bouquet lately. Plenty of folks interested in getting to know each other better but nobody quite at that stage at the moment."

"If you want to check out who's interested in who, you should definitely not miss the Flower Dance on 24 Spring!"

"Thanks for that valuable information."

He does not make a mental effort to terminate this conversation, and instead checks to see if it's still exactly noon.

It is!

It's going to be a pretty strange life if a day lasts a subjective hour, he's forced to sleep at the end of it, and he can only get more subjective time than that inside a day by having long conversations.

Can he tell if time still appears to be moving around him while he is still (he's mentally deciding) inside this conversation?  Anybody else walking, birds flying in the sky, grass waving in a breeze?

The world does not appear to be frozen. Breeze is blowing, birds are chirping. Nobody else happens to be walking by right at the moment.

He'll forebear trying to point it out to Gus, yet, then.

...he was able to simultaneously talk and walk with Emily, last night, when they found the daffodil at the bus stop.

Oliver says, "When does Emily get into work?"

"Her shift starts at 4pm, but I think she's usually at home in the early afternoon if you're looking for her. Just don't go giving her any bouquets yet, heh!"

"Her house is right down that way." He points across the town square to the southwest. "It's the brown one with the sunshine symbol over the door."

"Nice symbol.  Very appropriate to her."  Mentally check time.

Still noon!

"Gus, I don't know if I'm pointing out something very strange to you, or something that everyone knows, but have you noticed that clock time doesn't progress while we're having a conversation?  It was noon when we started talking and now it's still noon."

".... Huh. That is mighty odd, now that you point it out."

Gus scratches his head.

"Oh, by the way, did you make a fortune on those fish tacos? What happened?"

"Gus, you have the power within you to look at me and see how many G I have.  You can--"

"There's a spark, I think, a spark of making things happen, or figuring things out.  I suspect you've already taken a little piece of that spark for yourself, just from asking me that question instead of waiting for me to tell you.  You can take more of that spark for yourself by looking at me, seeing how many G I have, and trying to figure out for yourself what happened overnight."

"I'll totally answer, to be clear, once you've guessed yourself or said you don't wanna.  I'm not trying to duck the question.  I'm more trying to pass around--the spark."