Originally Posted by
LaZodiac
As someone who is playing the game I can say that yeah, short rest is just a button. I've never actually hit it (really should I play a Warlock...) but I have hist Long Rest, and I'm actually not sure resting as as free as you think. I've long rested once, and there was a minor scene of Astarian going off as we slept, and the next morning we found the pig he vampirize. That implies that Long Rests do change the world when they happen- we have no reason to believe they won't have a time tracker for certain things.
Additionally you can find fountains that let you heal you restable resources and healing.