And all his other voluntary muscle control appears to be working perfectly well. So why is the voluntary side of breathing gone along with the involuntary side? He doesn't need to breathe, and he won't breathe unless he thinks about it, but that's not the same as not being able to breathe.
IIRC, Pat Elrod actually talks about this in the Vampire Chronicles. Jack has to remember to breathe when he's being examined closely enough for someone to notice if he doesn't, and there are a couple of times when he doesn't wake up fast enough after being knocked out to do this, and winds up being treated as a corpse.
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Date: 2008-03-01 12:29 pm (UTC)IIRC, Pat Elrod actually talks about this in the Vampire Chronicles. Jack has to remember to breathe when he's being examined closely enough for someone to notice if he doesn't, and there are a couple of times when he doesn't wake up fast enough after being knocked out to do this, and winds up being treated as a corpse.