Let’s say that someone is pickpocketing you, then run away. You chase them and they sit and lose the bag. Do you have to stop the chase right away? When the timer is running is ‘Action time”. But when the timer stops and you are in the middle of the ‘action’? Then use common sense. If you don’t know the thief, maybe stop and roleplay . If the thief is your friend, you do what you want (because he won’t report you). If the thief steals from you every 5 minutes, you can beat the hell out of him 🙂