/* ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
   THIRD HORIZON CAPITAL ADVISORY — design system v3 "Terminal Prompt"
   Ground: ivory paper. Bands: deep navy. One signal: #FF5A00.
   Type: Archivo (variable) display/body · JetBrains Mono instrument.
   ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════ */

/* ─── Fonts (self-hosted, variable) ──────────────────────────────── */
@font-face {
  font-family: 'Archivo';
  src: url('../fonts/archivo-var.woff2') format('woff2');
  font-weight: 100 900;
  font-display: swap;
}
@font-face {
  font-family: 'JetBrains Mono';
  src: url('../fonts/jbmono-var.woff2') format('woff2');
  font-weight: 100 800;
  font-display: swap;
}
@font-face {
  font-family: 'Archivo Fallback';
  src: local('Arial');
  size-adjust: 100.5%;
  ascent-override: 92%;
  descent-override: 24%;
  line-gap-override: 0%;
}
@font-face {
  font-family: 'JBM Fallback';
  src: local('Consolas'), local('Courier New');
  size-adjust: 109%;
}

/* ─── Tokens ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────── */
:root {
  /* colour */
  --ivory:      #F1EDE2;
  --ivory-1:    #F8F5EE;   /* raised surface on light */
  --ivory-2:    #E6E0D0;   /* recessed tint on light */
  --navy-950:   #070F1D;
  --navy-900:   #0C1830;
  --navy-800:   #142645;
  --ink:        #101B2D;   /* text on light — 14.6:1 on ivory */
  --ink-2:      #45526C;   /* secondary on light — 6.5:1 */
  --paper:      #F1EDE2;   /* text on dark */
  --mist:       #A9B4C9;   /* secondary on dark — 7.3:1 on navy-900 */
  --orange:     #FF5A00;   /* signal — dark grounds only (5.0:1 on navy-900) */
  --orange-ink: #B23E00;   /* signal for light grounds — 5.0:1 on ivory */
  --line-l:     rgba(16, 27, 45, .16);
  --line-l-soft:rgba(16, 27, 45, .09);
  --line-d:     rgba(241, 237, 226, .16);
  --line-d-soft:rgba(241, 237, 226, .09);

  /* type */
  --f-sans: 'Archivo', 'Archivo Fallback', system-ui, -apple-system, 'Segoe UI', sans-serif;
  --f-mono: 'JetBrains Mono', 'JBM Fallback', ui-monospace, 'Cascadia Mono', Consolas, monospace;
  --t-hero:  clamp(2.7rem, 1.85rem + 4.2vw, 5.4rem);
  --t-disp:  clamp(2.3rem, 1.7rem + 2.9vw, 4.1rem);
  --t-h2:    clamp(1.9rem, 1.5rem + 1.9vw, 3.05rem);
  --t-h3:    clamp(1.2rem, 1.12rem + .4vw, 1.45rem);
  --t-lead:  clamp(1.05rem, 1rem + .28vw, 1.22rem);
  --t-body:  1.0625rem;
  --t-sm:    .9375rem;
  --t-mono:  .8125rem;
  --t-mono-xs: .71875rem;

  /* geometry */
  --w-max:   1240px;
  --gutter:  clamp(20px, 4.5vw, 48px);
  --r-lg:    20px;
  --r-md:    14px;
  --r-sm:    8px;

  /* elevation (neutral, no coloured glow) */
  --e-1: 0 1px 2px rgba(7, 15, 29, .06), 0 4px 14px rgba(7, 15, 29, .06);
  --e-2: 0 2px 4px rgba(7, 15, 29, .07), 0 14px 34px rgba(7, 15, 29, .11);

  /* motion */
  --ez-out: cubic-bezier(.16, 1, .3, 1);
  --ez-io:  cubic-bezier(.7, 0, .25, 1);
  --d-1: 160ms;
  --d-2: 320ms;
  --d-3: 560ms;
}

/* ─── Reset / base ───────────────────────────────────────────────── */
*, *::before, *::after { box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0; padding: 0; }
html { -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; }
body {
  background: var(--ivory);
  color: var(--ink);
  font-family: var(--f-sans);
  font-size: var(--t-body);
  line-height: 1.7;
  overflow-x: clip;
}
img, video, svg { display: block; max-width: 100%; }
img { height: auto; }
[hidden] { display: none !important; }
a { color: inherit; text-decoration: none; }
ul[role='list'], .plain-list { list-style: none; }
h1, h2, h3, h4 { font-weight: 640; line-height: 1.08; letter-spacing: -0.022em; text-wrap: balance; }
p { text-wrap: pretty; }
::selection { background: var(--orange); color: var(--navy-950); }

:focus-visible {
  outline: 2px solid var(--orange-ink);
  outline-offset: 3px;
  border-radius: 2px;
}
.on-dark :focus-visible, .band :focus-visible { outline-color: var(--orange); }

.skip-link {
  position: fixed; top: -100px; left: var(--gutter); z-index: 300;
  background: var(--navy-950); color: var(--paper);
  font-family: var(--f-mono); font-size: var(--t-mono);
  padding: 12px 18px; border-radius: 0 0 var(--r-sm) var(--r-sm);
  transition: top var(--d-1) var(--ez-out);
}
.skip-link:focus-visible { top: 0; }

.container { max-width: var(--w-max); margin-inline: auto; padding-inline: var(--gutter); width: 100%; }

/* ─── Shared atoms ───────────────────────────────────────────────── */
.eyebrow {
  font-family: var(--f-mono);
  font-size: var(--t-mono);
  font-weight: 500;
  letter-spacing: .14em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  color: var(--ink-2);
  display: flex; align-items: baseline; gap: .6em;
}
.eyebrow .chev { color: var(--orange-ink); letter-spacing: -.08em; font-weight: 700; }
.band .eyebrow { color: var(--mist); }
.band .eyebrow .chev { color: var(--orange); }

.btn {
  display: inline-flex; align-items: center; gap: .7em;
  font-family: var(--f-mono); font-size: var(--t-mono); font-weight: 500;
  letter-spacing: .07em; text-transform: uppercase;
  padding: 15px 24px; border-radius: var(--r-sm);
  border: 1px solid transparent;
  transition: background-color var(--d-1) var(--ez-out), border-color var(--d-1) var(--ez-out),
              color var(--d-1) var(--ez-out);
  cursor: pointer;
}
.btn .chev { font-weight: 700; transition: transform var(--d-1) var(--ez-out); }
.btn:hover .chev, .link-chev:hover .chev { transform: translateX(4px); }
.btn-solid { background: var(--orange); color: var(--navy-950); border-color: rgba(7,15,29,.25); }
.btn-solid:hover { background: #FF6E1F; }
.btn-solid:active { background: #E85200; }
.btn-ghost { border-color: var(--line-l); color: var(--ink); background: transparent; }
.btn-ghost:hover { border-color: var(--ink); }
.band .btn-ghost, .btn-ghost.on-dark { border-color: var(--line-d); color: var(--paper); }
.band .btn-ghost:hover, .btn-ghost.on-dark:hover { border-color: var(--paper); }

.link-chev {
  display: inline-flex; align-items: center; gap: .55em;
  font-family: var(--f-mono); font-size: var(--t-mono); font-weight: 500;
  letter-spacing: .07em; text-transform: uppercase;
  color: var(--orange-ink);
  padding-block: 10px; /* hit area */
}
.link-chev .chev { font-weight: 700; transition: transform var(--d-1) var(--ez-out); }
.link-chev:hover { color: #8F3200; }
.band .link-chev { color: var(--orange); }
.band .link-chev:hover { color: #FF7A33; }

.chip {
  display: inline-block;
  font-family: var(--f-mono); font-size: var(--t-mono-xs); font-weight: 500;
  letter-spacing: .1em; text-transform: uppercase;
  padding: 7px 12px; border-radius: 6px;
  border: 1px solid var(--line-d); color: var(--mist);
}

/* ─── Sections ───────────────────────────────────────────────────── */
.section { padding-block: clamp(84px, 5.5vw + 48px, 136px); }
.section--flush-top { padding-top: clamp(56px, 4vw + 24px, 96px); }
.band { background: var(--navy-900); color: var(--paper); }
.band--deep { background: var(--navy-950); }
.band h1, .band h2, .band h3, .band h4 { color: var(--paper); }
.band p { color: var(--mist); }

.sec-head { display: grid; grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 7fr) minmax(0, 5fr); gap: 32px var(--gutter); align-items: start; margin-bottom: clamp(40px, 4vw, 64px); }
/* the intro's first line sits level with the top of the title, below the eyebrow */
.sec-head .sec-intro { padding-top: 40px; }
@media (max-width: 980px) { .sec-head .sec-intro { padding-top: 0; } }
.sec-head h2 { font-size: var(--t-h2); margin-top: 18px; }
.sec-head .sec-intro { color: var(--ink-2); font-size: var(--t-body); max-width: 46ch; }
.sec-head .sec-intro .link-chev { margin-top: 14px; }
.band .sec-head .sec-intro { color: var(--mist); }

/* ─── Nav ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── */
.site-head {
  position: fixed; inset: 0 0 auto 0; z-index: 200;
  padding-top: env(safe-area-inset-top);
  transition: background-color var(--d-2) var(--ez-out), box-shadow var(--d-2) var(--ez-out);
  background: transparent;
}
.site-head.scrolled {
  background: rgba(241, 237, 226, .96);
  box-shadow: 0 1px 0 var(--line-l-soft), var(--e-1);
}
.nav-inner {
  max-width: 1360px; margin-inline: auto; padding-inline: var(--gutter);
  display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: space-between; gap: 24px;
  height: 76px;
}

.brand { display: inline-flex; align-items: center; gap: 13px; min-height: 44px; }
.brand-glyph { width: 34px; height: 19px; fill: var(--orange); flex: none; }
.brand-text { display: flex; flex-direction: column; line-height: 1.12; }
.brand-name {
  font-family: var(--f-mono); font-weight: 700; font-size: 1rem;
  letter-spacing: .16em; color: var(--paper); white-space: nowrap;
}
.brand-cursor { color: var(--orange); animation: blink 1.15s steps(2, jump-none) infinite; }
.brand-sub {
  font-family: var(--f-mono); font-weight: 500; font-size: .5625rem;
  letter-spacing: .43em; color: var(--mist); text-transform: uppercase;
}
/* nav over light ground */
.site-head.scrolled .brand-name, .site-head.on-light .brand-name { color: var(--ink); }
.site-head.scrolled .brand-sub,  .site-head.on-light .brand-sub  { color: var(--ink-2); }

@keyframes blink { 50% { opacity: 0; } }

.nav-links { display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 6px; list-style: none; }
.nav-links a:not(.btn) {
  display: inline-block; padding: 12px 14px;
  font-family: var(--f-mono); font-size: var(--t-mono); font-weight: 500;
  letter-spacing: .07em; text-transform: uppercase;
  color: var(--mist);
  border-radius: var(--r-sm);
  transition: color var(--d-1) var(--ez-out);
}
.nav-links a:not(.btn):hover { color: var(--paper); }
.nav-links a[aria-current="page"] { color: var(--paper); box-shadow: inset 0 -2px 0 var(--orange); border-radius: 0; }
.site-head.scrolled .nav-links a:not(.btn), .site-head.on-light .nav-links a:not(.btn) { color: var(--ink-2); }
.site-head.scrolled .nav-links a:not(.btn):hover, .site-head.on-light .nav-links a:not(.btn):hover { color: var(--ink); }
.site-head.scrolled .nav-links a[aria-current="page"], .site-head.on-light .nav-links a[aria-current="page"] { color: var(--ink); box-shadow: inset 0 -2px 0 var(--orange-ink); }
.nav-links .btn { padding: 12px 20px; margin-left: 10px; }

.nav-toggle {
  display: none;
  width: 44px; height: 44px; flex: none;
  background: none; border: 0; cursor: pointer;
  flex-direction: column; align-items: center; justify-content: center; gap: 6px;
  z-index: 240;
}
.nav-toggle span {
  display: block; width: 22px; height: 2px; border-radius: 2px;
  background: var(--paper);
  transition: transform var(--d-2) var(--ez-out), opacity var(--d-2) var(--ez-out), background-color var(--d-1);
}
.site-head.scrolled .nav-toggle span, .site-head.on-light .nav-toggle span { background: var(--ink); }
.nav-open .nav-toggle span { background: var(--paper); }
.nav-open .nav-toggle span:nth-child(1) { transform: translateY(8px) rotate(45deg); }
.nav-open .nav-toggle span:nth-child(2) { opacity: 0; }
.nav-open .nav-toggle span:nth-child(3) { transform: translateY(-8px) rotate(-45deg); }

.nav-overlay {
  position: fixed; inset: 0; z-index: 220;
  background: var(--navy-950); color: var(--paper);
  display: flex; flex-direction: column; justify-content: space-between;
  padding: calc(96px + env(safe-area-inset-top)) var(--gutter) calc(32px + env(safe-area-inset-bottom));
  visibility: hidden; opacity: 0;
  transition: opacity var(--d-2) var(--ez-out), visibility 0s linear var(--d-2);
}
.nav-open .nav-overlay { visibility: visible; opacity: 1; transition: opacity var(--d-2) var(--ez-out); }
.nav-overlay ul { list-style: none; display: grid; gap: 4px; }
.nav-overlay a:not(.btn) {
  display: inline-block; padding: 10px 0;
  font-family: var(--f-mono); font-weight: 500; font-size: clamp(1.4rem, 6vw, 2rem);
  letter-spacing: .06em; text-transform: uppercase; color: var(--paper);
}
.nav-overlay a[aria-current="page"] { color: var(--orange); }
.nav-overlay .overlay-meta {
  font-family: var(--f-mono); font-size: var(--t-mono);
  letter-spacing: .04em; color: var(--mist);
  overflow-wrap: anywhere;
  display: grid; gap: 8px;
}
.nav-overlay .overlay-meta a { padding-block: 6px; display: inline-block; }
.nav-overlay .btn { margin-top: 22px; }
body.nav-open { overflow: hidden; }

/* ─── Hero ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────── */
.hero {
  position: relative;
  min-height: 100vh;
  min-height: 100svh;
  display: flex; flex-direction: column; justify-content: flex-end;
  background: var(--navy-950);
  color: var(--paper);
  overflow: hidden;
}
.hero-media { position: absolute; inset: 0; background: var(--navy-950); }
.hero-media img, .hero-media video {
  position: absolute; inset: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%;
  object-fit: cover; object-position: 62% 46%;
}
/* Sequence on wide landscape screens (html.hero-vid-on, decided pre-paint):
   the frame opens dark, the film fades up and plays once, the words and a
   local gradient arrive three seconds in, and at the end the film simply holds
   its last frame with the identical JPEG beneath it. Everywhere else the still
   fades up and the words follow. Classes .film .words .still .ended are set
   by thca.js. Without JS the still and the words are simply there. */
.hero-media img { opacity: 0; transition: opacity 1200ms var(--ez-out); }
.hero.still .hero-media img, html:not(.js) .hero-media img { opacity: 1; }
.hero-media video { opacity: 0; transition: opacity 1000ms var(--ez-io); }
.hero.film .hero-media video { opacity: 1; }
/* measured against the film: behind the copy the brightest cloud sits near 0.5
   luminance, so the headline needs about a quarter navy wash and the sub line about
   half. One soft ellipse gives that at its core and is gone before the horizon or
   the figure. It rises with the words, never over the clean film. */
.hero-scrim {
  position: absolute; inset: 0; opacity: 0; transition: opacity 1600ms var(--ez-out);
  background: radial-gradient(ellipse 64% 80% at 10% 74%, rgba(7,15,29,.5) 0%, rgba(7,15,29,.34) 30%, rgba(7,15,29,.14) 60%, rgba(7,15,29,0) 100%);
}
.hero.words .hero-scrim, html:not(.js) .hero-scrim { opacity: 1; }
html.js .hero-inner > * { opacity: 0; transform: translateY(18px); transition: opacity 900ms var(--ez-out), transform 900ms var(--ez-out); }
.hero.words .hero-inner > * { opacity: 1; transform: none; }
.hero.words .hero-inner h1 { transition-delay: 250ms; }
.hero.words .hero-inner .hero-sub { transition-delay: 550ms; }
.hero.words .hero-inner .hero-actions { transition-delay: 800ms; }
html.js .hero .readout { opacity: 0; transition: opacity 1000ms var(--ez-out) 900ms; }
.hero.words .readout { opacity: 1; }
/* portrait phones and upright tablets: no film, the figure stands top right of the
   crop and the copy sits low, so cover is carried across the lower half only */
@media (max-aspect-ratio: 5/4) {
  .hero-media img { object-position: 50% 50%; }
  .hero-scrim { background: linear-gradient(to top, rgba(7,15,29,.84) 0%, rgba(7,15,29,.6) 32%, rgba(7,15,29,.24) 58%, rgba(7,15,29,.03) 82%); }
  .hero-inner { padding-top: 40vh; }
}
.hero-inner { position: relative; z-index: 2; padding-top: 140px; padding-bottom: clamp(48px, 6vh, 84px); }
.hero-eyebrow { color: #EFEFE9; min-height: 1.4em; }
.hero-eyebrow .chev { color: var(--orange); }
.hero-eyebrow .type-wrap { display: inline; min-width: 0; }
.hero-eyebrow .cursor { color: var(--orange); margin-left: .15em; animation: blink 1.15s steps(2, jump-none) infinite; }
.hero h1 {
  font-size: var(--t-hero);
  font-weight: 680;
  color: #FDFCF8;
  margin-top: 22px;
  max-width: 12ch;
  text-shadow: 0 2px 6px rgba(7,15,29,.45), 0 6px 28px rgba(7,15,29,.4);
}
.hero-sub {
  margin-top: 24px;
  font-size: var(--t-lead);
  color: #F1EDE2;
  max-width: 44ch;
  text-shadow: 0 1px 3px rgba(7,15,29,.6), 0 4px 18px rgba(7,15,29,.45);
}
.hero-actions { display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 14px; margin-top: 38px; }

/* readout strip at hero base */
.readout {
  position: relative; z-index: 2;
  border-top: 1px solid var(--line-d-soft);
  background: rgba(7, 15, 29, .55);
}
.readout-grid {
  display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(4, 1fr);
}
.readout-cell {
  padding: 22px 24px 24px 0;
  display: grid; gap: 4px; align-content: start;
}
.readout-cell + .readout-cell { padding-left: 24px; border-left: 1px solid var(--line-d-soft); }
.readout-val {
  font-family: var(--f-mono); font-weight: 500; font-size: 1.3rem;
  font-variant-numeric: tabular-nums; letter-spacing: .02em;
  color: #FDFCF8;
}
.readout-val .unit { color: var(--orange); }
.readout-label {
  font-family: var(--f-mono); font-size: var(--t-mono-xs); font-weight: 400;
  letter-spacing: .11em; text-transform: uppercase; color: var(--mist);
}

/* ─── Capabilities index ─────────────────────────────────────────── */
.svc-list { list-style: none; border-top: 1px solid var(--line-l); }
.svc-row {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: 176px minmax(0, 1fr) auto;
  align-items: center; gap: 24px;
  padding: 26px 18px 26px 14px;
  border-bottom: 1px solid var(--line-l);
  border-radius: 0;
  position: relative;
  transition: background-color var(--d-2) var(--ez-out), border-radius var(--d-2) var(--ez-out);
}
.svc-row::before {
  content: '';
  position: absolute; left: 0; top: 18%; bottom: 18%;
  width: 3px; border-radius: 2px;
  background: var(--orange-ink);
  transform: scaleY(0);
  transform-origin: top;
  transition: transform var(--d-2) var(--ez-out);
}
.svc-row:hover { background: var(--ivory-1); border-radius: var(--r-md); }
.svc-row:hover::before { transform: scaleY(1); }
.svc-slug {
  font-family: var(--f-mono); font-size: var(--t-mono); font-weight: 500;
  letter-spacing: .05em; color: var(--ink-2);
  transition: color var(--d-1) var(--ez-out);
}
.svc-row:hover .svc-slug { color: var(--orange-ink); }
.svc-main { display: grid; gap: 5px; }
.svc-title { font-size: var(--t-h3); font-weight: 640; letter-spacing: -.018em; line-height: 1.15; }
.svc-desc { color: var(--ink-2); font-size: var(--t-sm); max-width: 62ch; }
.svc-chev {
  font-family: var(--f-mono); font-weight: 700; font-size: 1.15rem;
  color: var(--orange-ink);
  transition: transform var(--d-2) var(--ez-out);
}
.svc-row:hover .svc-chev { transform: translateX(6px); }

/* ─── Venture studio band ────────────────────────────────────────── */
.venture-grid {
  display: grid; grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 5fr) minmax(0, 6fr);
  gap: clamp(36px, 5vw, 72px); align-items: center;
}
.venture-copy h2 { font-size: var(--t-h2); margin-top: 18px; }
.venture-copy p { margin-top: 20px; max-width: 46ch; }
.venture-copy .link-chev { margin-top: 26px; }
.venture-card {
  position: relative; border-radius: var(--r-lg); overflow: hidden;
  aspect-ratio: 16 / 10;
  box-shadow: var(--e-2);
}
.venture-card img, .venture-card video {
  position: absolute; inset: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; object-fit: cover;
  background: var(--navy-900);
  /* resting scale hides the sub-pixel clipping seam at the card edge */
  transform: scale(1.012);
  transition: transform 700ms var(--ez-out);
}
.venture-card:hover img, .venture-card:hover video { transform: scale(1.055); }
/* Studio credentials, set as a typographic strip beneath the copy rather than
   floating over the film. Nothing sits on the video now. */
.venture-meta { margin-top: 26px; border-top: 1px solid var(--line-d-soft); padding-top: 16px; }
.venture-meta-kicker {
  display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; align-items: baseline; gap: .55em;
  font-family: var(--f-mono); font-size: var(--t-mono-xs); font-weight: 500;
  letter-spacing: .14em; text-transform: uppercase; color: #E9E5DA;
}
.venture-meta-kicker .dot { color: var(--orange); }
.venture-meta-line {
  color: #FDFCF8; font-size: var(--t-lead); font-weight: 520; letter-spacing: -.012em;
  margin-top: 10px; max-width: 34ch;
}

/* ─── Approach ───────────────────────────────────────────────────── */
.approach-state { max-width: 100%; }
.approach-state h2 {
  font-size: var(--t-disp); font-weight: 680; letter-spacing: -.025em;
  max-width: 14ch;
}
.approach-state h2 .l2 { display: block; margin-left: clamp(0px, 6vw, 88px); color: var(--ink-2); }
.approach-manifesto {
  margin: 0;
  max-width: 46ch;
  color: var(--ink-2); font-size: var(--t-lead);
}
.approach-state.sec-head { margin-bottom: 0; }
.approach-state.sec-head .sec-intro { padding-top: 58px; }
@media (max-width: 980px) { .approach-state.sec-head .sec-intro { padding-top: 0; } }
.pillars {
  margin-top: clamp(48px, 5vw, 76px);
  display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(4, 1fr);
  gap: 1px;
  background: var(--line-l-soft);
  border-block: 1px solid var(--line-l-soft);
}
.pillar { background: var(--ivory); padding: 28px 26px 32px; }
.pillar .tick {
  font-family: var(--f-mono); font-weight: 700; color: var(--orange-ink);
  font-size: var(--t-mono); letter-spacing: -.08em;
}
.pillar h3 { font-size: 1.14rem; margin-top: 14px; letter-spacing: -.012em; }
.pillar p { color: var(--ink-2); font-size: var(--t-sm); margin-top: 10px; }

/* ─── Founder band ───────────────────────────────────────────────── */
.founder-grid {
  display: grid; grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 5fr) minmax(0, 7fr);
  gap: clamp(36px, 5vw, 80px); align-items: center;
}
.founder-media { position: relative; }
.founder-media img {
  width: 100%; border-radius: var(--r-lg);
  aspect-ratio: 3 / 4; object-fit: cover; object-position: 50% 18%;
  filter: saturate(.88) contrast(1.02);
  box-shadow: var(--e-2);
}
.founder-media::after {
  content: '';
  position: absolute; inset: 0; border-radius: var(--r-lg);
  box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 1px var(--line-d);
  background: linear-gradient(200deg, rgba(12,24,48,0) 55%, rgba(12,24,48,.38) 100%);
}
.founder-cap {
  position: absolute; left: 18px; bottom: 16px; z-index: 2;
  font-family: var(--f-mono); font-size: var(--t-mono-xs); letter-spacing: .12em;
  text-transform: uppercase; color: #E9E5DA;
}
.founder-cap b { display: block; font-size: var(--t-mono); color: #FDFCF8; letter-spacing: .1em; margin-bottom: 3px; }
.founder-copy h2 { font-size: var(--t-h2); margin-top: 18px; max-width: 18ch; }
.founder-copy > p { margin-top: 20px; max-width: 58ch; }
.founder-copy > p + p { margin-top: 14px; }
.founder-tags { display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 8px; margin-top: 24px; }
.founder-quote {
  margin-top: 30px; padding-left: 20px;
  border-left: 2px solid var(--orange);
}
.founder-quote p { color: var(--paper); font-size: var(--t-lead); font-weight: 520; letter-spacing: -.012em; max-width: 44ch; }
.founder-quote cite {
  display: block; margin-top: 10px; font-style: normal;
  font-family: var(--f-mono); font-size: var(--t-mono-xs);
  letter-spacing: .12em; text-transform: uppercase; color: var(--mist);
}
.founder-copy .link-chev { margin-top: 26px; }

/* ─── Insights ───────────────────────────────────────────────────── */
.ins-grid {
  display: grid; grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 8fr) minmax(0, 5fr);
  gap: clamp(20px, 2.5vw, 32px);
  align-items: stretch;
}
.ins-col { display: grid; gap: clamp(20px, 2.5vw, 32px); align-content: stretch; }
.ins-card {
  display: grid; align-content: start;
  background: var(--ivory-1);
  border: 1px solid var(--line-l-soft);
  border-radius: var(--r-lg);
  overflow: hidden;
  transition: transform var(--d-2) var(--ez-out), box-shadow var(--d-2) var(--ez-out);
}
.ins-card:hover { transform: translateY(-4px); box-shadow: var(--e-2); }
.ins-cover { overflow: hidden; aspect-ratio: 16 / 9; }
.ins-cover img { width: 100%; height: 100%; object-fit: cover; transition: transform 700ms var(--ez-out); }
.ins-card:hover .ins-cover img { transform: scale(1.04); }
.ins-body { padding: 22px 24px 24px; display: grid; gap: 10px; align-content: start; }
.ins-meta {
  font-family: var(--f-mono); font-size: var(--t-mono-xs); font-weight: 500;
  letter-spacing: .12em; text-transform: uppercase; color: var(--ink-2);
}
.ins-meta .cat { color: var(--orange-ink); }
.ins-title { font-size: var(--t-h3); letter-spacing: -.016em; line-height: 1.2; }
.ins-card:hover .ins-title { color: var(--orange-ink); }
.ins-title-sm { font-size: 1.1rem; }
.ins-dek { color: var(--ink-2); font-size: var(--t-sm); max-width: 56ch; }
.ins-side { display: flex; flex-direction: column; border-top: 1px solid var(--line-l); }
.ins-mini {
  position: relative;
  flex: 1; display: grid; align-content: center; gap: 9px;
  padding: 26px 44px 26px 2px;
  border-bottom: 1px solid var(--line-l);
  transition: background-color var(--d-2) var(--ez-out);
}
.ins-mini:hover { background: var(--ivory-1); }
.ins-mini:hover .ins-title { color: var(--orange-ink); }
.ins-mini .ins-dek { font-size: .875rem; }
.ins-mini-chev {
  position: absolute; right: 10px; top: 50%; margin-top: -.6em;
  font-family: var(--f-mono); font-weight: 700; font-size: 1.05rem;
  color: var(--orange-ink);
  transition: transform var(--d-2) var(--ez-out);
}
.ins-mini:hover .ins-mini-chev { transform: translateX(5px); }
.ins-foot { margin-top: clamp(28px, 3vw, 40px); }

/* ─── CTA band ───────────────────────────────────────────────────── */
.cta-band { position: relative; overflow: hidden; }
.cta-band .cta-bg { position: absolute; inset: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; object-fit: cover; object-position: 66% 40%; }
.cta-band .cta-scrim {
  position: absolute; inset: 0;
  /* left-weighted only: the copy sits left, so the right of the picture stays open */
  background: linear-gradient(94deg, rgba(7,15,29,.74) 0%, rgba(7,15,29,.46) 38%, rgba(7,15,29,.16) 72%, rgba(7,15,29,.04) 100%);
}
/* narrow viewports stack the copy over the middle of the frame, so carry a
   little more cover there and none at all on the far side */
@media (max-width: 860px) {
  .cta-band .cta-scrim {
    background: linear-gradient(to top, rgba(7,15,29,.8) 0%, rgba(7,15,29,.52) 42%, rgba(7,15,29,.22) 100%);
  }
  /* the soft variant stays soft on phones too */
  .cta-band .cta-scrim--soft {
    background: linear-gradient(to top, rgba(7,15,29,.72) 0%, rgba(7,15,29,.44) 42%, rgba(7,15,29,.16) 100%);
  }
}
.cta-inner { position: relative; z-index: 2; padding-block: clamp(96px, 10vw, 168px); }
.cta-inner h2 { font-size: var(--t-disp); max-width: 14ch; margin-top: 18px; }
.cta-inner p { margin-top: 20px; max-width: 50ch; }
.cta-inner .hero-actions { margin-top: 34px; }

/* ─── Signature band ─────────────────────────────────────────────── */
.sig-band {
  border-top: 1px solid var(--line-d-soft);
  padding-block: clamp(64px, 7vw, 110px);
  overflow: hidden;
}
.sig-line {
  font-family: var(--f-mono); font-weight: 700;
  font-size: clamp(1.45rem, .9rem + 3.4vw, 3.3rem);
  letter-spacing: .02em;
  color: #FDFCF8;
  white-space: nowrap;
  display: flex; align-items: baseline; gap: .45em;
}
.sig-line .chev { color: var(--orange); letter-spacing: -.1em; }
.sig-text { display: inline; min-width: 0; }
.sig-caret {
  display: inline-block; width: .52em; height: .82em;
  margin-left: .18em;
  background: var(--orange);
  transform: translateY(.06em);
  animation: breathe 2.2s var(--ez-io) infinite;
}
@keyframes breathe { 0%, 100% { opacity: 1; } 50% { opacity: .25; } }
.sig-sub {
  margin-top: 18px;
  font-family: var(--f-mono); font-size: var(--t-mono-xs); font-weight: 500;
  letter-spacing: .22em; text-transform: uppercase; color: var(--mist);
}

/* ─── Footer ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────── */
.site-foot { padding-top: clamp(64px, 6vw, 96px); }
.foot-grid {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 4fr) repeat(3, minmax(0, 2.6fr));
  gap: 48px var(--gutter);
}
.foot-brand p { margin-top: 18px; font-size: var(--t-sm); max-width: 32ch; }
.foot-col h4 {
  font-family: var(--f-mono); font-size: var(--t-mono-xs); font-weight: 500;
  letter-spacing: .18em; text-transform: uppercase; color: var(--mist);
  margin-bottom: 18px;
}
.foot-col ul { list-style: none; display: grid; gap: 4px; }
.foot-col a, .foot-col .foot-static {
  display: inline-block; padding-block: 6px;
  font-size: var(--t-sm); color: var(--paper);
  transition: color var(--d-1) var(--ez-out);
}
.foot-col a:hover { color: var(--orange); }
.foot-col .foot-static { color: var(--mist); }
.foot-bottom {
  margin-top: clamp(48px, 5vw, 72px);
  border-top: 1px solid var(--line-d-soft);
  padding-block: 26px calc(26px + env(safe-area-inset-bottom));
  display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: space-between; gap: 20px; flex-wrap: wrap;
}
.foot-bottom p { font-family: var(--f-mono); font-size: var(--t-mono-xs); letter-spacing: .06em; color: var(--mist); }
.foot-follow { display: inline-flex; align-items: center; gap: 12px; }
.foot-follow .lbl {
  font-family: var(--f-mono); font-size: var(--t-mono-xs); font-weight: 500;
  letter-spacing: .18em; text-transform: uppercase; color: var(--mist);
}
.foot-follow .lbl .chev { color: var(--orange); }
.foot-social {
  display: inline-flex; align-items: center; justify-content: center;
  width: 44px; height: 44px; border-radius: var(--r-sm);
  border: 1px solid var(--line-d); color: var(--paper);
  transition: border-color var(--d-1) var(--ez-out), color var(--d-1) var(--ez-out);
}
.foot-social:hover { border-color: var(--orange); color: var(--orange); }
.foot-social svg { width: 17px; height: 17px; fill: currentColor; }

/* ─── Reveal system (JS adds .in; html.js gates the hidden state) ── */
html.js .rv { opacity: 0; transform: translateY(14px); transition: opacity var(--d-3) var(--ez-out), transform var(--d-3) var(--ez-out); }
html.js .rv.in { opacity: 1; transform: none; }
html.js .rv-wipe { opacity: 0; clip-path: inset(0 0 14% 0); transform: scale(1.025); transition: opacity var(--d-3) var(--ez-out), clip-path var(--d-3) var(--ez-out), transform 700ms var(--ez-out); }
html.js .rv-wipe.in { opacity: 1; clip-path: inset(0 0 0 0); transform: none; }
html.js .rv-group > * { opacity: 0; transform: translateY(12px); transition: opacity var(--d-3) var(--ez-out), transform var(--d-3) var(--ez-out); transition-delay: calc(var(--i, 0) * 70ms); }
html.js .rv-group.in > * { opacity: 1; transform: none; }

/* ─── Reduced motion ─────────────────────────────────────────────── */
@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
  html.js .rv, html.js .rv-wipe, html.js .rv-group > * {
    opacity: 1 !important; transform: none !important; clip-path: none !important;
    transition: none !important;
  }
  .brand-cursor, .hero-eyebrow .cursor { animation: none; }
  .sig-caret { animation: none; }
  .hero-media video { display: none; }
  .hero-media img, .hero-scrim, .hero-inner > *, .hero .readout { transition: none; }
  .ind-visual .img-slot.active, .ind-visual img.active { animation: none; }
  .acc-panel { transition: none; }
  .xcap-desc, .xcap-desc p, .xcap-card .xcap-bg { transition: none; }
  .serve-card, .serve-bg, .serve-more, .serve-more p, .serve-more .link-chev { transition: none; }
  *, *::before, *::after { scroll-behavior: auto !important; }
}

/* ─── Breakpoints ────────────────────────────────────────────────── */
@media (max-width: 1180px) {
  .pillars { grid-template-columns: repeat(2, 1fr); }
  .pillar { padding: 26px 24px 30px; }
}

@media (max-width: 980px) {
  .nav-links { display: none; }
  .nav-toggle { display: flex; }
  .sec-head { grid-template-columns: 1fr; align-items: start; }
  .venture-grid, .founder-grid { grid-template-columns: 1fr; }
  .founder-media { max-width: 480px; }
  .ins-grid { grid-template-columns: 1fr; }
  .svc-row { grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 1fr) auto; }
  .svc-slug { grid-column: 1 / -1; margin-bottom: -6px; }
}

@media (max-width: 680px) {
  .readout-grid { grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr; }
  .readout-cell { padding: 16px 12px 18px 0; }
  .readout-cell + .readout-cell { padding-left: 16px; }
  .readout-cell:nth-child(3) { border-left: 0; padding-left: 0; border-top: 1px solid var(--line-d-soft); }
  .readout-cell:nth-child(4) { border-top: 1px solid var(--line-d-soft); }
  .readout-val { font-size: 1.1rem; }
  .pillars { grid-template-columns: 1fr; }
  .approach-state h2 .l2 { margin-left: 0; }
  .hero-inner { padding-top: 120px; }
  .ins-mini { padding: 22px 40px 22px 2px; }
  .sig-line { white-space: normal; }
  .foot-grid { grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr; }
  .foot-grid .foot-brand { grid-column: 1 / -1; }
}

@media (max-width: 420px) {
  .btn { width: 100%; justify-content: center; }
  .hero-actions { flex-direction: column; align-items: stretch; }
  .foot-grid { grid-template-columns: 1fr; gap: 36px; }
}

/* ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
   PAGE COMPONENTS — inner pages (capabilities / industries / firm /
   insights / contact). Loaded sitewide; costs nothing on the home page.
   ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════ */

section[id], .cap-block[id] { scroll-margin-top: 96px; }

/* ─── Page hero (dark band opener) ───────────────────────────────── */
.page-hero { position: relative; overflow: hidden; box-shadow: inset 0 -1px 0 var(--line-d-soft); }
.page-hero .ph-bg { position: absolute; inset: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; object-fit: cover; object-position: 50% 42%; }
.page-hero .ph-scrim {
  position: absolute; inset: 0;
  background: linear-gradient(96deg, rgba(7,15,29,.93) 22%, rgba(7,15,29,.68) 60%, rgba(7,15,29,.42) 100%);
}
.page-hero-inner {
  position: relative; z-index: 2;
  display: grid; grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 8fr) minmax(0, 4fr);
  gap: 36px var(--gutter); align-items: end;
  padding-top: clamp(138px, 16vh, 188px);
  padding-bottom: clamp(44px, 5vw, 72px);
}
.page-hero h1 { font-size: var(--t-disp); color: #FDFCF8; margin-top: 20px; max-width: 15ch; }
.page-lede { margin-top: 20px; font-size: var(--t-lead); color: var(--mist); max-width: 50ch; }
.page-hero-aside {
  border-left: 1px solid var(--line-d-soft);
  padding-left: 26px;
  font-family: var(--f-mono); font-size: var(--t-mono-xs);
  letter-spacing: .1em; text-transform: uppercase; color: var(--mist);
  display: grid; gap: 9px;
}
.page-hero-aside b { color: #FDFCF8; font-weight: 500; }

/* mono directory index (page hero footer row) */
.cap-index { display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 2px 22px; margin-top: 30px; }
.cap-index a {
  font-family: var(--f-mono); font-size: var(--t-mono);
  letter-spacing: .04em; color: var(--mist);
  padding-block: 8px; display: inline-block;
  transition: color var(--d-1) var(--ez-out);
}
.cap-index a:hover { color: var(--orange); }

/* ─── Generic chevron list ───────────────────────────────────────── */
.chev-list { list-style: none; }
.chev-list li {
  position: relative;
  padding: 10px 0 10px 26px;
  border-top: 1px solid var(--line-l-soft);
  color: var(--ink-2); font-size: var(--t-sm);
}
.chev-list li::before {
  content: '>';
  position: absolute; left: 2px; top: 10px;
  font-family: var(--f-mono); font-weight: 700;
  color: var(--orange-ink);
}
.band .chev-list li, .on-dark .chev-list li { border-color: var(--line-d-soft); color: var(--mist); }
.band .chev-list li::before, .on-dark .chev-list li::before { color: var(--orange); }

.chip--light { border-color: var(--line-l); color: var(--ink-2); }

/* ─── Capability blocks ──────────────────────────────────────────── */
.cap-block {
  display: grid; grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 5fr) minmax(0, 7fr);
  gap: 30px var(--gutter);
  padding-block: clamp(52px, 5vw, 80px);
  border-top: 1px solid var(--line-l);
}
.cap-block h2 { font-size: clamp(1.6rem, 1.3rem + 1.4vw, 2.35rem); margin-top: 16px; max-width: 15ch; }
.cap-fit { margin-top: 26px; }
.cap-fit .lbl {
  display: block;
  font-family: var(--f-mono); font-size: var(--t-mono-xs); font-weight: 500;
  letter-spacing: .16em; text-transform: uppercase; color: var(--ink-2);
  margin-bottom: 10px;
}
.cap-fit .chips { display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 8px; }
.cap-lede { font-size: var(--t-lead); font-weight: 520; color: var(--ink); max-width: 56ch; letter-spacing: -.011em; }
.cap-body > p { margin-top: 16px; color: var(--ink-2); max-width: 62ch; }
.cap-mandates { margin-top: 26px; }
.cap-mandates .lbl {
  display: block;
  font-family: var(--f-mono); font-size: var(--t-mono-xs); font-weight: 500;
  letter-spacing: .16em; text-transform: uppercase; color: var(--ink-2);
  margin-bottom: 4px;
}

/* pillars variant */
.pillars--3 { grid-template-columns: repeat(3, 1fr); }
a.pillar { transition: background-color var(--d-2) var(--ez-out); }
a.pillar:hover { background: var(--ivory-1); }
a.pillar:hover h3 { color: var(--orange-ink); }
a.pillar .link-chev { margin-top: 12px; padding-block: 4px; }

/* ─── Engagement modes (dark band) ───────────────────────────────── */
.modes-grid {
  display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(3, 1fr);
  gap: 1px; background: var(--line-d-soft);
  border-block: 1px solid var(--line-d-soft);
  margin-top: clamp(40px, 4vw, 60px);
}
.mode { background: var(--navy-900); padding: 30px 28px 34px; }
.mode .slug { font-family: var(--f-mono); font-size: var(--t-mono); font-weight: 500; letter-spacing: .05em; color: var(--orange); }
.mode h3 { font-size: 1.2rem; margin-top: 12px; }
.mode p { font-size: var(--t-sm); margin-top: 10px; }

/* ─── Industries: accordion + terminal panel ─────────────────────── */
.ind-layout {
  display: grid; grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 7fr) minmax(0, 5fr);
  gap: clamp(32px, 4vw, 68px); align-items: start;
}
.acc { border-top: 1px solid var(--line-l); }
.acc-item { border-bottom: 1px solid var(--line-l); }
.acc-btn {
  display: grid; grid-template-columns: 156px minmax(0, 1fr) auto;
  align-items: center; gap: 20px;
  width: 100%; text-align: left;
  background: none; border: 0; cursor: pointer;
  padding: 24px 10px 24px 2px;
  font: inherit; color: inherit;
}
.acc-slug { font-family: var(--f-mono); font-size: var(--t-mono); font-weight: 500; letter-spacing: .05em; color: var(--ink-2); transition: color var(--d-1) var(--ez-out); }
.acc-title { font-size: clamp(1.25rem, 1.15rem + .5vw, 1.55rem); font-weight: 640; letter-spacing: -.016em; line-height: 1.15; }
.acc-marker {
  font-family: var(--f-mono); font-weight: 700; font-size: 1.1rem;
  color: var(--orange-ink);
  transition: transform var(--d-2) var(--ez-out);
}
.acc-btn:hover .acc-slug { color: var(--orange-ink); }
.acc-item.open .acc-marker { transform: rotate(90deg); }
.acc-panel { display: grid; grid-template-rows: 0fr; transition: grid-template-rows var(--d-3) var(--ez-out); }
.acc-item.open .acc-panel { grid-template-rows: 1fr; }
.acc-panel > div { overflow: hidden; }
.acc-content { padding: 2px 2px 30px; max-width: 60ch; }
.acc-content > p { color: var(--ink-2); }
.acc-content .chev-list { margin-top: 16px; }
.acc-content .link-chev { margin-top: 14px; }

.ind-stick { position: sticky; top: 96px; display: grid; gap: 18px; }

/* image placeholder slot — deliberate, labeled, swap for a real <img> later */
.img-slot {
  position: relative;
  display: grid; place-content: center; justify-items: center; gap: 9px;
  aspect-ratio: 16 / 10;
  border-radius: var(--r-lg);
  background: var(--navy-900)
    repeating-linear-gradient(135deg, rgba(241, 237, 226, .04) 0 2px, transparent 2px 16px);
  border: 1px dashed rgba(241, 237, 226, .3);
  color: var(--mist);
}
.img-slot .t1 {
  font-family: var(--f-mono); font-size: var(--t-mono); font-weight: 500;
  letter-spacing: .1em; text-transform: uppercase; color: #FDFCF8;
}
.img-slot .t1 .chev { color: var(--orange); }
.img-slot .t2 {
  font-family: var(--f-mono); font-size: var(--t-mono-xs);
  letter-spacing: .08em; color: var(--mist);
}
.ind-visual .img-slot { display: none; }
.ind-visual .img-slot.active { display: grid; animation: slot-in var(--d-2) var(--ez-out); }
.ind-visual img { display: none; width: 100%; border-radius: var(--r-lg); aspect-ratio: 16 / 10; object-fit: cover; box-shadow: var(--e-2); }
.ind-visual img.active { display: block; animation: slot-in var(--d-2) var(--ez-out); }
@keyframes slot-in { from { opacity: 0; } }

.ind-term {
  background: var(--navy-950); color: var(--paper);
  border-radius: var(--r-lg);
  padding: 24px 26px 28px;
  box-shadow: var(--e-2);
}
.ind-term-title {
  display: flex; gap: .6em;
  font-family: var(--f-mono); font-size: var(--t-mono-xs); font-weight: 500;
  letter-spacing: .18em; text-transform: uppercase; color: var(--mist);
  padding-bottom: 14px; border-bottom: 1px solid var(--line-d-soft);
}
.ind-term-title .chev { color: var(--orange); letter-spacing: -.08em; }
.ind-term ul { list-style: none; margin-top: 10px; }
.ind-term button {
  display: flex; align-items: baseline; gap: 10px;
  width: 100%; text-align: left;
  background: none; border: 0; cursor: pointer;
  padding: 11px 4px;
  font-family: var(--f-mono); font-size: var(--t-mono); font-weight: 500;
  letter-spacing: .05em; color: var(--mist);
  transition: color var(--d-1) var(--ez-out);
}
.ind-term button:hover { color: var(--paper); }
.ind-term .mark { color: transparent; font-weight: 700; }
.ind-term li.active button { color: #FDFCF8; }
.ind-term li.active .mark { color: var(--orange); }
.ind-term-note {
  margin-top: 16px; padding-top: 16px;
  border-top: 1px solid var(--line-d-soft);
  font-family: var(--f-mono); font-size: var(--t-mono-xs);
  letter-spacing: .05em; line-height: 1.9; color: var(--mist);
  min-height: 5.6em;
}

/* ─── The Firm ───────────────────────────────────────────────────── */
.firm-grid {
  display: grid; grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 5fr) minmax(0, 7fr);
  gap: clamp(36px, 5vw, 80px); align-items: start;
}
.firm-grid .founder-media { position: sticky; top: 108px; }
.cred { margin-top: 30px; }
.cred .lbl {
  display: block;
  font-family: var(--f-mono); font-size: var(--t-mono-xs); font-weight: 500;
  letter-spacing: .16em; text-transform: uppercase; color: var(--ink-2);
  margin-bottom: 6px;
}
/* three horizons diagram (HTML, not SVG — text must stay readable at every width) */
.hz { list-style: none; display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(3, 1fr); gap: 16px; align-items: end; margin-top: clamp(36px, 4vw, 56px); }
.hz-step {
  position: relative;
  border: 1px solid var(--line-l);
  background: var(--ivory-1);
  border-radius: var(--r-md);
  padding: 20px 22px 24px;
}
.hz-step .hn { font-family: var(--f-mono); font-weight: 700; font-size: var(--t-mono); letter-spacing: .08em; color: var(--orange-ink); }
.hz-step h3 { font-size: 1.08rem; margin-top: 10px; letter-spacing: -.012em; }
.hz-step p { color: var(--ink-2); font-size: var(--t-sm); margin-top: 8px; }
.hz-1 { min-height: 150px; }
.hz-2 { min-height: 205px; }
.hz-3 {
  min-height: 260px;
  background: var(--navy-900);
  border-color: transparent;
  box-shadow: var(--e-2);
}
.hz-3::before {
  content: '';
  position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; right: 0; height: 3px;
  background: var(--orange);
  border-radius: 3px 3px 0 0;
}
.hz-3 .hn { color: var(--orange); }
.hz-3 h3 { color: #FDFCF8; }
.hz-3 p { color: var(--mist); }
.horizons-cap {
  margin-top: 18px;
  font-family: var(--f-mono); font-size: var(--t-mono-xs); font-weight: 500;
  letter-spacing: .14em; text-transform: uppercase; color: var(--ink-2);
}
.horizons-cap .chev { color: var(--orange-ink); font-weight: 700; }
@media (max-width: 680px) {
  .hz { grid-template-columns: 1fr; align-items: stretch; }
  .hz-step { min-height: 0; }
}

/* pillars on dark bands */
.band .pillars, .band .pillars--3 { background: var(--line-d-soft); border-color: var(--line-d-soft); }
.band .pillar { background: var(--navy-900); }
.band .pillar .tick { color: var(--orange); }
.band .pillar p { color: var(--mist); }
.band a.pillar:hover { background: var(--navy-800); }
.band a.pillar:hover h3 { color: var(--orange); }

/* ─── Insights page ──────────────────────────────────────────────── */
.ins-lead-card {
  display: grid; grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 7fr) minmax(0, 5fr);
  gap: clamp(24px, 3vw, 44px); align-items: center;
  background: var(--ivory-1);
  border: 1px solid var(--line-l-soft);
  border-radius: var(--r-lg);
  overflow: hidden;
  transition: transform var(--d-2) var(--ez-out), box-shadow var(--d-2) var(--ez-out);
}
.ins-lead-card:hover { transform: translateY(-4px); box-shadow: var(--e-2); }
.ins-lead-card .ins-cover { height: 100%; aspect-ratio: auto; min-height: 280px; }
.ins-lead-card .ins-body { padding: 30px 34px 34px 0; }
.ins-lead-card:hover .ins-title { color: var(--orange-ink); }
.ins-lead-card .ins-title { font-size: clamp(1.5rem, 1.3rem + 1vw, 2.1rem); }

.ins-rows { border-top: 1px solid var(--line-l); margin-top: clamp(40px, 4vw, 60px); }
.ins-rowx {
  display: grid; grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 1fr) minmax(280px, 380px);
  gap: clamp(24px, 3vw, 40px); align-items: center;
  padding: 16px 14px 16px 4px;
  border-bottom: 1px solid var(--line-l);
  transition: background-color var(--d-2) var(--ez-out), border-radius var(--d-2) var(--ez-out);
}
.ins-rowx:hover { background: var(--ivory-1); border-radius: var(--r-md); }
.ins-rowx:hover .ins-rowx-title { color: var(--orange-ink); }
.ins-rowx-main { display: grid; gap: 9px; }
.ins-rowx-main .ins-meta .cat { color: var(--orange-ink); }
.ins-rowx-title { font-size: clamp(1.3rem, 1.2rem + .5vw, 1.6rem); font-weight: 640; letter-spacing: -.016em; line-height: 1.18; }
.ins-rowx-main p { color: var(--ink-2); font-size: var(--t-sm); max-width: 58ch; }
.ins-rowx-thumb { border-radius: var(--r-md); overflow: hidden; aspect-ratio: 16 / 9; }
.ins-rowx-thumb img { width: 100%; height: 100%; object-fit: cover; transition: transform 600ms var(--ez-out); }
.ins-rowx:hover .ins-rowx-thumb img { transform: scale(1.05); }

/* subscribe band */
.sub-grid {
  display: grid; grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 6fr) minmax(0, 6fr);
  gap: clamp(32px, 4vw, 72px); align-items: center;
}
.sub-grid h2 { font-size: var(--t-h2); margin-top: 16px; }
.sub-grid .sub-copy p { margin-top: 18px; max-width: 44ch; }
.sub-form { display: flex; gap: 10px; }
.sub-form input[type="email"] {
  flex: 1; min-width: 0;
  background: var(--navy-800);
  border: 1px solid var(--line-d);
  border-radius: var(--r-sm);
  padding: 13px 16px;
  font-family: var(--f-mono); font-size: var(--t-mono);
  color: var(--paper);
  transition: border-color var(--d-1) var(--ez-out);
}
.sub-form input[type="email"]::placeholder { color: rgba(169, 180, 201, .65); }
.sub-form input[type="email"]:focus { border-color: var(--orange); }
.sub-note {
  margin-top: 12px;
  font-family: var(--f-mono); font-size: var(--t-mono-xs);
  letter-spacing: .05em; color: var(--mist);
}
.sub-alt { margin-top: 22px; }

/* ─── Forms (contact) ────────────────────────────────────────────── */
.contact-grid {
  display: grid; grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 5fr) minmax(0, 7fr);
  gap: clamp(36px, 4.5vw, 72px); align-items: start;
}
.info-list { list-style: none; border-top: 1px solid var(--line-l); }
.info-item {
  display: grid; grid-template-columns: 118px minmax(0, 1fr);
  gap: 16px; align-items: baseline;
  padding: 16px 2px;
  border-bottom: 1px solid var(--line-l-soft);
}
.info-item .lbl {
  font-family: var(--f-mono); font-size: var(--t-mono-xs); font-weight: 500;
  letter-spacing: .14em; text-transform: uppercase; color: var(--ink-2);
}
.info-item .val, .info-item .val a { font-family: var(--f-mono); font-size: var(--t-mono); letter-spacing: .02em; color: var(--ink); overflow-wrap: anywhere; }
.info-item .val a { padding-block: 4px; display: inline-block; transition: color var(--d-1) var(--ez-out); }
.info-item .val a:hover { color: var(--orange-ink); }
.expect-card {
  margin-top: 30px;
  background: var(--navy-950); color: var(--paper);
  border-radius: var(--r-lg);
  padding: 26px 28px 30px;
}
.expect-card .lbl {
  display: flex; gap: .6em;
  font-family: var(--f-mono); font-size: var(--t-mono-xs); font-weight: 500;
  letter-spacing: .16em; text-transform: uppercase; color: var(--mist);
  margin-bottom: 12px;
}
.expect-card .lbl .chev { color: var(--orange); letter-spacing: -.08em; }
.expect-card p { color: var(--mist); font-size: var(--t-sm); line-height: 1.8; }

.form-card {
  background: var(--ivory-1);
  border: 1px solid var(--line-l-soft);
  border-radius: var(--r-lg);
  padding: clamp(24px, 3vw, 40px);
  box-shadow: var(--e-1);
}
.form-card h2 { font-size: 1.5rem; }
.form-card .form-hint { color: var(--ink-2); font-size: var(--t-sm); margin-top: 8px; }
.form-row2 { display: grid; grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr; gap: 18px; }
.field { display: grid; gap: 8px; margin-top: 20px; }
.field label {
  font-family: var(--f-mono); font-size: var(--t-mono-xs); font-weight: 500;
  letter-spacing: .13em; text-transform: uppercase; color: var(--ink-2);
}
.field label .opt { text-transform: none; letter-spacing: .03em; opacity: .75; }
.field input, .field select, .field textarea {
  width: 100%;
  background: #FFFDF7;
  border: 1px solid var(--line-l);
  border-radius: var(--r-sm);
  padding: 13px 14px;
  font-family: var(--f-sans); font-size: 1rem; color: var(--ink);
  transition: border-color var(--d-1) var(--ez-out), box-shadow var(--d-1) var(--ez-out);
}
.field input::placeholder, .field textarea::placeholder { color: rgba(69, 82, 108, .55); }
.field input:focus, .field select:focus, .field textarea:focus {
  border-color: var(--orange-ink);
  box-shadow: 0 0 0 3px rgba(178, 62, 0, .14);
}
.field textarea { min-height: 148px; resize: vertical; }
.field select {
  appearance: none; -webkit-appearance: none;
  padding-right: 40px;
  background-image: url("data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' width='12' height='8'%3E%3Cpath d='M1 1l5 5 5-5' stroke='%23101B2D' stroke-width='2' fill='none'/%3E%3C/svg%3E");
  background-repeat: no-repeat;
  background-position: right 15px center;
}
.form-submit-row { margin-top: 26px; display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 18px; flex-wrap: wrap; }
.form-status {
  display: none;
  margin-top: 16px;
  padding: 13px 15px;
  border-radius: var(--r-sm);
  font-size: var(--t-sm);
}
.form-status.ok { display: block; background: rgba(23, 111, 62, .1); border: 1px solid rgba(23, 111, 62, .35); color: #155A34; }
.form-status.err { display: block; background: rgba(178, 62, 0, .09); border: 1px solid rgba(178, 62, 0, .35); color: #8F3200; }
.privacy-note {
  margin-top: 16px;
  font-family: var(--f-mono); font-size: var(--t-mono-xs);
  letter-spacing: .04em; line-height: 1.8; color: var(--ink-2);
}

/* plain CTA variant */
.cta-band--plain { background: var(--navy-900); }

/* ─── FAQ (native details/summary, zero JS) ──────────────────────── */
.faq { border-top: 1px solid var(--line-l); margin-top: clamp(36px, 4vw, 56px); }
.faq details { border-bottom: 1px solid var(--line-l); }
.faq summary {
  cursor: pointer; list-style: none;
  display: grid; grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 1fr) auto;
  gap: 18px; align-items: center;
  padding: 19px 8px 19px 2px;
  font-weight: 640; font-size: 1.06rem; letter-spacing: -.012em;
  transition: color var(--d-1) var(--ez-out);
}
.faq summary::-webkit-details-marker { display: none; }
.faq summary:hover { color: var(--orange-ink); }
.faq summary .fmark {
  font-family: var(--f-mono); font-weight: 700; color: var(--orange-ink);
  transition: transform var(--d-2) var(--ez-out);
}
.faq details[open] summary .fmark { transform: rotate(90deg); }
.faq .faq-a { padding: 0 8px 22px 2px; color: var(--ink-2); max-width: 68ch; }
.faq .faq-a p + p { margin-top: 10px; }
@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) { .faq summary .fmark { transition: none; } }

/* ─── insights theme filter + no-thumb rows (SEO build) ──────────── */
.ins-filter { display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; align-items: center; gap: 8px 10px; margin-top: clamp(30px, 3vw, 44px); }
.ins-filter .lbl { font-family: var(--f-mono); font-size: var(--t-mono-xs); font-weight: 500; letter-spacing: .16em; text-transform: uppercase; color: var(--ink-2); margin-right: 8px; }
.ins-filter button {
  font-family: var(--f-mono); font-size: var(--t-mono); font-weight: 500; letter-spacing: .04em;
  padding: 9px 14px; border: 1px solid var(--line-l); border-radius: var(--r-sm);
  background: none; color: var(--ink-2); cursor: pointer;
  transition: color var(--d-1) var(--ez-out), border-color var(--d-1) var(--ez-out), background-color var(--d-1) var(--ez-out);
}
.ins-filter button:hover { border-color: var(--ink); color: var(--ink); }
.ins-filter button[aria-pressed="true"] { background: var(--navy-900); border-color: var(--navy-900); color: #FDFCF8; }
.ins-filter button sup { color: var(--orange-ink); margin-left: 5px; font-family: var(--f-mono); }
.ins-filter button[aria-pressed="true"] sup { color: var(--orange); }
.ins-rowx--nothumb { grid-template-columns: 1fr; }

/* ─── Inner-page breakpoints ─────────────────────────────────────── */
@media (max-width: 1180px) {
  .pillars--3 { grid-template-columns: repeat(3, 1fr); }
}
@media (max-width: 980px) {
  .page-hero-inner { grid-template-columns: 1fr; align-items: start; }
  .page-hero-aside { border-left: 0; border-top: 1px solid var(--line-d-soft); padding-left: 0; padding-top: 20px; }
  .cap-block { grid-template-columns: 1fr; }
  .pillars--3 { grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr; }
  .modes-grid { grid-template-columns: 1fr; }
  .ind-layout { grid-template-columns: 1fr; }
  .ind-stick { position: static; order: -1; }
  .ind-visual { display: none; }
  .ind-term-note { min-height: 0; }
  .firm-grid { grid-template-columns: 1fr; }
  .firm-grid .founder-media { position: static; max-width: 480px; }
  .ins-lead-card { grid-template-columns: 1fr; align-items: start; }
  .ins-lead-card .ins-cover { min-height: 0; aspect-ratio: 16 / 9; width: 100%; }
  .ins-lead-card .ins-body { padding: 24px 26px 28px; }
  .ins-rowx { grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 1fr) minmax(200px, 260px); }
  .sub-grid { grid-template-columns: 1fr; }
  .contact-grid { grid-template-columns: 1fr; }
}
/* ─── Capability title cards (portrait bg image per service) ─────── */
.cap-block { align-items: start; }
.cap-card {
  position: relative;
  aspect-ratio: 3 / 4;
  border-radius: var(--r-lg);
  overflow: hidden;
  background: var(--navy-900);
  display: flex; flex-direction: column; justify-content: flex-end;
  box-shadow: var(--e-2);
}
.cap-card .cap-bg {
  position: absolute; inset: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%;
  object-fit: cover; object-position: 50% 30%;
}
.cap-card .cap-slot {
  position: absolute; inset: 0;
  background: var(--navy-900)
    repeating-linear-gradient(135deg, rgba(241, 237, 226, .04) 0 2px, transparent 2px 16px);
}
.cap-card .cap-slot-label {
  position: absolute; top: 16px; left: 20px; right: 20px;
  font-family: var(--f-mono); font-size: var(--t-mono-xs);
  letter-spacing: .09em; text-transform: uppercase; color: var(--mist);
  line-height: 1.8;
}
.cap-card .cap-slot-label .chev { color: var(--orange); }
.cap-card .cap-scrim {
  position: absolute; inset: 0;
  background: linear-gradient(to top, rgba(7, 15, 29, .82) 0%, rgba(7, 15, 29, .3) 48%, rgba(7, 15, 29, .06) 100%);
}
.cap-card-content { position: relative; z-index: 2; padding: 24px 26px 28px; }
.cap-card .eyebrow { color: var(--mist); }
.cap-card .eyebrow .chev { color: var(--orange); }
.cap-card h2 { color: #FDFCF8; font-size: clamp(1.5rem, 1.3rem + 1vw, 2.05rem); margin-top: 12px; max-width: 14ch; }
.cap-card .cap-fit { margin-top: 20px; }
.cap-card .cap-fit .lbl { color: var(--mist); }
.cap-card .chip--light { border-color: var(--line-d); color: #E9E5DA; }

/* ─── Extended-bench cards (image bg, glass title bar, hover reveal) */
.xcap-grid {
  display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(3, 1fr);
  gap: 18px;
  margin-top: clamp(40px, 4vw, 60px);
}
.xcap-card {
  position: relative;
  aspect-ratio: 4 / 3;
  border-radius: var(--r-lg);
  overflow: hidden;
  background: var(--navy-900);
  box-shadow: var(--e-1);
}
.xcap-card .xcap-bg {
  position: absolute; inset: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%;
  object-fit: cover;
  transform: scale(1.012);
  transition: transform 700ms var(--ez-out);
}
.xcap-card:hover .xcap-bg, .xcap-card:focus-within .xcap-bg, .xcap-card:focus .xcap-bg { transform: scale(1.06); }
.xcap-glass {
  position: absolute; left: 12px; right: 12px; bottom: 12px;
  border-radius: var(--r-md);
  padding: 14px 18px 15px;
  background: rgba(12, 24, 48, .4);
  -webkit-backdrop-filter: blur(16px) saturate(1.15);
  backdrop-filter: blur(16px) saturate(1.15);
  border: 1px solid rgba(241, 237, 226, .22);
  transition: border-color var(--d-2) var(--ez-out);
}
.xcap-card:hover .xcap-glass, .xcap-card:focus-within .xcap-glass, .xcap-card:focus .xcap-glass { border-color: rgba(241, 237, 226, .4); }
.xcap-glass h3 {
  display: flex; align-items: baseline; gap: .55em;
  font-size: 1.08rem; color: #FDFCF8; letter-spacing: -.012em;
}
.xcap-glass h3 .tick { font-family: var(--f-mono); font-weight: 700; font-size: var(--t-mono); color: var(--orange); letter-spacing: -.08em; flex: none; }
.xcap-desc {
  display: grid; grid-template-rows: 0fr;
  transition: grid-template-rows var(--d-3) var(--ez-out);
}
.xcap-desc > div { overflow: hidden; }
.xcap-desc p {
  padding-top: 9px;
  color: #DDE3EE; font-size: var(--t-sm); line-height: 1.65;
  opacity: 0;
  transition: opacity var(--d-2) var(--ez-out);
}
.xcap-card:hover .xcap-desc, .xcap-card:focus-within .xcap-desc, .xcap-card:focus .xcap-desc { grid-template-rows: 1fr; }
.xcap-card:hover .xcap-desc p, .xcap-card:focus-within .xcap-desc p, .xcap-card:focus .xcap-desc p { opacity: 1; }
/* no hover surface (touch): details always shown */
@media (hover: none) {
  .xcap-desc { grid-template-rows: 1fr; }
  .xcap-desc p { opacity: 1; }
}
@media (max-width: 980px) {
  .xcap-grid { grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr; }
}
@media (max-width: 640px) {
  .xcap-grid { grid-template-columns: 1fr; }
  .xcap-card { aspect-ratio: 3 / 2; }
}

/* ─── "Who we build with" expanding image row (hover = 2× width) ── */
.serve-row {
  display: flex; gap: 14px;
  margin-top: clamp(40px, 4vw, 60px);
}
.serve-card {
  position: relative;
  flex: 1 1 0; min-width: 0;
  height: clamp(340px, 34vw, 430px);
  border-radius: var(--r-lg);
  overflow: hidden;
  background: var(--navy-900);
  box-shadow: var(--e-1);
  display: flex; align-items: flex-end;
  transition: flex-grow 560ms var(--ez-io);
}
/* flex 3 vs three at flex 1 → the hovered card takes exactly half the row: 2× its rest width */
.serve-card:hover, .serve-card:focus-visible { flex-grow: 3; }
.serve-card:focus-visible { outline-offset: -3px; }
.serve-bg {
  position: absolute; inset: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%;
  object-fit: cover;
  transform: scale(1.012);
  transition: transform 700ms var(--ez-out);
}
.serve-card:hover .serve-bg, .serve-card:focus-visible .serve-bg { transform: scale(1.05); }
.serve-scrim {
  position: absolute; inset: 0;
  background: linear-gradient(to top, rgba(7, 15, 29, .92) 0%, rgba(7, 15, 29, .38) 48%, rgba(7, 15, 29, .12) 100%);
}
.serve-body { position: relative; z-index: 2; padding: 20px 22px 22px; width: 100%; }
.serve-body h3 {
  display: flex; align-items: baseline; gap: .55em;
  color: #FDFCF8; font-size: 1.15rem; letter-spacing: -.012em;
  text-wrap: balance;
}
.serve-body h3 .tick { font-family: var(--f-mono); font-weight: 700; font-size: var(--t-mono); color: var(--orange); letter-spacing: -.08em; flex: none; }
.serve-more {
  display: grid; grid-template-rows: 0fr;
  transition: grid-template-rows 460ms var(--ez-out);
}
.serve-more > div { overflow: hidden; }
.serve-more p {
  padding-top: 9px;
  color: #DDE3EE; font-size: var(--t-sm); line-height: 1.6;
  max-width: 44ch;
  opacity: 0;
  transition: opacity var(--d-2) var(--ez-out) 180ms;
}
.serve-more .link-chev { margin-top: 4px; color: var(--orange); opacity: 0; padding-block: 6px; transition: opacity var(--d-2) var(--ez-out) 220ms; }
.serve-card:hover .serve-more, .serve-card:focus-visible .serve-more { grid-template-rows: 1fr; }
.serve-card:hover .serve-more p, .serve-card:hover .serve-more .link-chev,
.serve-card:focus-visible .serve-more p, .serve-card:focus-visible .serve-more .link-chev { opacity: 1; }
@media (hover: none) {
  .serve-more { grid-template-rows: 1fr; }
  .serve-more p, .serve-more .link-chev { opacity: 1; }
}
@media (max-width: 980px) {
  .serve-row { flex-direction: column; }
  .serve-card { height: auto; min-height: 230px; }
  .serve-card:hover, .serve-card:focus-visible { flex-grow: 1; }
}

/* ─── Lounge CTA / hero variants (flipped lounge, lighter scrim) ─── */
.cta-scrim--soft {
  background: linear-gradient(94deg, rgba(7, 15, 29, .66) 14%, rgba(7, 15, 29, .34) 55%, rgba(7, 15, 29, .08) 100%);
}
.page-hero .ph-scrim--soft {
  /* lightened 20 Sep 2026: the picture was carrying almost none of the frame */
  background: linear-gradient(96deg, rgba(7, 15, 29, .46) 12%, rgba(7, 15, 29, .18) 52%, rgba(7, 15, 29, .02) 100%);
}
/* copy sitting over the brighter pictures: --mist loses too much contrast, so lift it */
.page-hero:has(.ph-scrim--soft) .page-lede { color: #E4EAF3; }
.cta-band:not(.cta-band--plain) .cta-inner p { color: #FDFCF8; }
.cta-bg--lounge { object-position: 50% 58%; }

@media (max-width: 680px) {
  .cap-card { aspect-ratio: 4 / 5; }
  .acc-btn { grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 1fr) auto; row-gap: 6px; }
  .acc-slug { grid-column: 1 / -1; }
  .pillars--3 { grid-template-columns: 1fr; }
  .ins-rowx { grid-template-columns: 1fr; }
  .ins-rowx-thumb { max-width: none; order: -1; }
  .form-row2 { grid-template-columns: 1fr; gap: 0; }
  .form-row2 .field { margin-top: 20px; }
  .sub-form { flex-direction: column; }
  .info-item { grid-template-columns: 1fr; gap: 5px; }
}

/* ─── 'How we practice' terminal-scan cards ─────────────────────── */
.prac-grid { display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(4, 1fr); gap: 16px; margin-top: clamp(40px, 4vw, 60px); }
.prac-card {
  position: relative;
  aspect-ratio: 4 / 5;
  border-radius: var(--r-lg);
  overflow: hidden;
  background: var(--navy-800);
  box-shadow: var(--e-1);
  display: flex; align-items: flex-end;
}
.prac-bg {
  position: absolute; inset: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%;
  object-fit: cover;
  transform: scale(1.012);
  filter: saturate(.96);
  transition: filter 520ms var(--ez-out) 120ms;
}
.prac-scrim {
  position: absolute; inset: 0;
  background: linear-gradient(to top, rgba(7, 15, 29, .88) 0%, rgba(7, 15, 29, .32) 46%, rgba(12, 24, 48, .16) 100%);
}
.prac-grade {
  position: absolute; inset: 0;
  background: rgba(10, 19, 38, 1);
  opacity: 0;
  transition: opacity 520ms var(--ez-out) 120ms;
}
.prac-scan { position: absolute; inset: 0; overflow: hidden; pointer-events: none; }
.prac-scan::before {
  content: '';
  position: absolute; left: 0; right: 0; top: -3px; height: 2px;
  background: var(--orange);
  box-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(255, 90, 0, .75);
  opacity: 0;
}
.prac-card:hover .prac-scan::before, .prac-card:focus .prac-scan::before { animation: prac-sweep 640ms var(--ez-io) forwards; }
@keyframes prac-sweep {
  0% { top: -3px; opacity: 0; }
  10% { opacity: 1; }
  88% { opacity: 1; }
  100% { top: 100%; opacity: 0; }
}
.prac-body { position: relative; z-index: 2; padding: 20px 22px 22px; width: 100%; }
.prac-body h3 {
  display: flex; gap: .55em; align-items: baseline;
  color: #FDFCF8; font-size: 1.12rem; letter-spacing: -.012em;
  text-wrap: balance;
}
.prac-body h3 .tick { font-family: var(--f-mono); font-weight: 700; font-size: var(--t-mono); color: var(--orange); letter-spacing: -.08em; flex: none; }
.prac-more { display: grid; grid-template-rows: 0fr; transition: grid-template-rows 480ms var(--ez-out) 180ms; }
.prac-more > span { overflow: hidden; display: block; }
.prac-more p {
  padding-top: 9px;
  color: #DDE3EE; font-size: var(--t-sm); line-height: 1.62;
  opacity: 0; transform: translateY(4px);
  transition: opacity 380ms var(--ez-out) 300ms, transform 380ms var(--ez-out) 300ms;
}
.prac-card:hover .prac-grade, .prac-card:focus .prac-grade { opacity: .58; }
.prac-card:hover .prac-more, .prac-card:focus .prac-more { grid-template-rows: 1fr; }
.prac-card:hover .prac-more p, .prac-card:focus .prac-more p { opacity: 1; transform: none; }
.prac-card:hover .prac-bg, .prac-card:focus .prac-bg { filter: saturate(.55) brightness(.82); }
.prac-card:focus-visible { outline-offset: -3px; }
@media (hover: none) {
  .prac-grade { opacity: .45; }
  .prac-more { grid-template-rows: 1fr; }
  .prac-more p { opacity: 1; transform: none; }
}
@media (max-width: 1180px) { .prac-grid { grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr; } }
@media (max-width: 640px) { .prac-grid { grid-template-columns: 1fr; } .prac-card { aspect-ratio: 16 / 10; } }
@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
  .prac-bg, .prac-grade, .prac-more, .prac-more p { transition: none; }
  .prac-card:hover .prac-scan::before, .prac-card:focus .prac-scan::before { animation: none; opacity: 0; }
}


/* ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
   v4 COMPONENTS (September 2026 round). Each block is self contained.
   ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════ */

/* ─── Capabilities rail (home). Default: swipe row with snap points.
   JS adds .is-pin on wide pointer screens: the section grows tall, the
   frame sticks and the rail slides left as the page scrolls. ─────── */
.caps-pin { position: relative; }
.caps-sticky { padding-block: clamp(84px, 5.5vw + 48px, 136px) clamp(56px, 5vw, 96px); }
.caps-head { display: grid; grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 7fr) minmax(0, 5fr); gap: 32px var(--gutter); align-items: start; margin-bottom: clamp(28px, 3vw, 44px); }
.caps-head .sec-intro { padding-top: 40px; }
.caps-head h2 { font-size: var(--t-h2); margin-top: 18px; }
.caps-head .sec-intro { color: var(--ink-2); max-width: 46ch; }
.caps-head .sec-intro .link-chev { margin-top: 14px; }
.caps-rule {
  display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 18px;
  margin-bottom: clamp(18px, 2.4vh, 30px);
  font-family: var(--f-mono); font-size: var(--t-mono-xs); letter-spacing: .14em; text-transform: uppercase; color: var(--ink-2);
}
.caps-rule .bar { position: relative; flex: 1 1 auto; height: 2px; background: var(--line-l); border-radius: 2px; overflow: hidden; }
.caps-rule .bar i { position: absolute; inset: 0; background: var(--orange-ink); transform-origin: left; transform: scaleX(var(--p, 0)); }
.caps-rule b { font-weight: 500; color: var(--ink); }
.caps-rule .chev { color: var(--orange-ink); letter-spacing: -.08em; }
.caps-track {
  display: flex; gap: 18px;
  padding-inline: var(--gutter); padding-bottom: 8px;
  overflow-x: auto; overscroll-behavior-x: contain;
  scroll-snap-type: x mandatory; scroll-padding-inline: var(--gutter);
  scrollbar-width: thin; scrollbar-color: var(--line-l) transparent;
}
.capx {
  position: relative; flex: 0 0 min(84vw, 420px);
  height: min(70vh, 560px);
  scroll-snap-align: start;
  border-radius: var(--r-lg); overflow: hidden;
  background: var(--navy-900); box-shadow: var(--e-1);
  display: flex; align-items: flex-end;
  color: var(--paper);
}
.capx-media { position: absolute; inset: 0; overflow: hidden; }
.capx-bg {
  position: absolute; inset: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%;
  object-fit: cover; object-position: 50% 24%;
  transform: scale(1.012);
  transition: transform 900ms var(--ez-out), filter 520ms var(--ez-out);
}
.capx-scrim {
  position: absolute; inset: 0;
  background: linear-gradient(to top, rgba(7, 15, 29, .92) 0%, rgba(7, 15, 29, .55) 26%, rgba(7, 15, 29, .08) 48%, rgba(7, 15, 29, 0) 70%);
}
.capx-grade { position: absolute; inset: 0; background: rgba(7, 15, 29, .55); opacity: 0; transition: opacity 480ms var(--ez-out); }
.capx-num {
  position: absolute; top: 18px; left: 22px; z-index: 2;
  font-family: var(--f-mono); font-weight: 600; font-size: var(--t-mono); letter-spacing: .14em; color: #FDFCF8;
}
.capx-num i { font-style: normal; color: var(--orange); }
.capx-body { position: relative; z-index: 2; width: 100%; padding: 22px 24px 26px; }
.capx-slug { display: block; font-family: var(--f-mono); font-size: var(--t-mono); font-weight: 500; letter-spacing: .05em; color: var(--mist); transition: color var(--d-1) var(--ez-out); }
.capx-title {
  display: flex; align-items: baseline; justify-content: space-between; gap: 12px;
  margin-top: 8px; color: #FDFCF8;
  font-size: clamp(1.35rem, 1.2rem + .7vw, 1.8rem); font-weight: 640; letter-spacing: -.018em; line-height: 1.12;
  text-wrap: balance;
}
.capx-title .chev { font-family: var(--f-mono); font-weight: 700; color: var(--orange); font-size: 1.1rem; flex: none; transition: transform var(--d-2) var(--ez-out); }
.capx-more { display: grid; grid-template-rows: 0fr; transition: grid-template-rows 460ms var(--ez-out); }
.capx-more > span { display: block; overflow: hidden; }
.capx-more p { padding-top: 12px; color: #DDE3EE; font-size: var(--t-sm); line-height: 1.6; max-width: 40ch; opacity: 0; transform: translateY(6px); transition: opacity 360ms var(--ez-out) 160ms, transform 360ms var(--ez-out) 160ms; }
.capx-more .link-chev { margin-top: 10px; padding-block: 4px; color: var(--orange); opacity: 0; transition: opacity 320ms var(--ez-out) 240ms; }
.capx:hover .capx-bg, .capx:focus-visible .capx-bg { transform: scale(1.05); filter: saturate(.8); }
.capx:hover .capx-grade, .capx:focus-visible .capx-grade { opacity: 1; }
.capx:hover .capx-slug, .capx:focus-visible .capx-slug { color: var(--orange); }
.capx:hover .capx-title .chev, .capx:focus-visible .capx-title .chev { transform: translateX(5px); }
.capx:hover .capx-more, .capx:focus-visible .capx-more { grid-template-rows: 1fr; }
.capx:hover .capx-more p, .capx:hover .capx-more .link-chev,
.capx:focus-visible .capx-more p, .capx:focus-visible .capx-more .link-chev { opacity: 1; transform: none; }
.capx:focus-visible { outline-offset: -3px; }
@media (hover: none) {
  .capx-more { grid-template-rows: 1fr; }
  .capx-more p, .capx-more .link-chev { opacity: 1; transform: none; }
  .capx-grade { opacity: .3; }
}
/* pinned mode (JS) */
.caps-pin.is-pin { height: calc(100vh + var(--caps-extra, 0px)); }
.caps-pin.is-pin .caps-sticky {
  position: sticky; top: 0; height: 100vh; overflow: hidden;
  display: flex; flex-direction: column; justify-content: center;
  padding-block: 88px 28px;
}
.caps-pin.is-pin .caps-head { margin-bottom: 18px; }
@media (max-width: 980px) { .caps-head .sec-intro { padding-top: 0; } }
.caps-pin.is-pin .caps-track {
  width: max-content; overflow: visible; scroll-snap-type: none;
  padding-inline: max(var(--gutter), calc((100vw - var(--w-max)) / 2));
  padding-bottom: 0;
  will-change: transform;
}
.caps-pin.is-pin .capx { flex-basis: clamp(380px, 33vw, 500px); height: max(400px, min(calc(100vh - 392px), 720px)); scroll-snap-align: none; }
/* parallax rides on the media wrapper, never on the image itself, so the
   photograph is laid out once and only the wrapper moves */
.caps-pin.is-pin .capx-media { inset: 0 -9%; transform: translateX(var(--px, 0px)); will-change: transform; }
@media (max-width: 980px) {
  .caps-head { grid-template-columns: 1fr; align-items: start; }
}

/* ─── Venture studio: full bleed film, then the thesis strip ─────── */
.venture-cine { position: relative; }
.venture-film {
  position: relative; overflow: hidden;
  min-height: clamp(540px, 82vh, 860px);
  display: flex; align-items: flex-end;
  background: var(--navy-950);
}
.venture-film video { position: absolute; inset: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; object-fit: cover; object-position: 62% 50%; }
.venture-film-scrim {
  position: absolute; inset: 0;
  background:
    linear-gradient(to top, rgba(7, 15, 29, .72) 0%, rgba(7, 15, 29, .12) 34%, rgba(7, 15, 29, 0) 60%),
    linear-gradient(94deg, rgba(7, 15, 29, .84) 0%, rgba(7, 15, 29, .58) 32%, rgba(7, 15, 29, .14) 62%, rgba(7, 15, 29, 0) 100%);
}
.venture-cine-copy { position: relative; z-index: 2; width: 100%; padding-top: 140px; padding-bottom: clamp(48px, 6vw, 84px); }
.venture-cine-copy .eyebrow .chev { color: var(--orange); }
.venture-cine-copy h2 { font-size: var(--t-disp); color: #FDFCF8; margin-top: 18px; max-width: 12ch; letter-spacing: -.025em; }
.venture-cine-copy > p { margin-top: 22px; max-width: 44ch; color: #E4E8F0; font-size: var(--t-lead); text-shadow: 0 1px 2px rgba(7, 15, 29, .45); }
.venture-cine-copy .cap-mandates { margin-top: 24px; max-width: 48ch; }
.venture-cine-copy .cap-mandates .chev-list li { border-color: var(--line-d-soft); color: #DDE3EE; }
.venture-cine-copy .link-chev { margin-top: 28px; color: var(--orange); }
.venture-strip { padding-block: 44px 56px; }
.venture-thesis {
  display: flex; gap: .55em; align-items: flex-start;
  color: #FDFCF8; font-weight: 640; letter-spacing: -.022em; line-height: 1.12;
  font-size: clamp(1.7rem, 1.25rem + 2vw, 3rem); text-wrap: balance; max-width: 26ch;
}
.venture-thesis .chev { font-family: var(--f-mono); font-weight: 700; font-size: .72em; letter-spacing: -.08em; color: var(--orange); padding-top: .28em; flex: none; }
.venture-thesis .caret { display: inline-block; width: .5em; height: .9em; background: var(--orange); vertical-align: -.08em; margin-left: .18em; animation: blink 1.1s steps(1) infinite; }
.vcells { list-style: none; display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(3, 1fr); gap: 14px; margin-top: 34px; }
.vcell {
  position: relative; display: grid; gap: 10px; align-content: start;
  padding: 20px 18px 22px;
  background: rgba(241, 237, 226, .05); border: 1px solid rgba(241, 237, 226, .22); border-radius: var(--r-md);
  transition: border-color var(--d-2) var(--ez-out), background-color var(--d-2) var(--ez-out), transform var(--d-2) var(--ez-out);
}
.vcell::before { content: ''; position: absolute; top: -1px; left: 20px; width: 34px; height: 2px; background: var(--orange); border-radius: 2px; }
.vcell:hover { border-color: rgba(255, 90, 0, .7); background: rgba(241, 237, 226, .08); transform: translateY(-3px); }
.vcell .lbl { font-family: var(--f-mono); font-size: var(--t-mono-xs); font-weight: 500; letter-spacing: .1em; white-space: nowrap; text-transform: uppercase; color: #FDFCF8; display: flex; gap: .6em; }
.vcell .lbl .chev { color: var(--orange); letter-spacing: -.08em; }
.vcell .txt { color: var(--mist); font-size: var(--t-sm); line-height: 1.55; }
@media (max-width: 860px) {
  .venture-film { min-height: clamp(520px, 84svh, 760px); }
  .venture-film video { object-position: 50% 50%; }
  .venture-film-scrim { background: linear-gradient(to top, rgba(7, 15, 29, .94) 0%, rgba(7, 15, 29, .74) 34%, rgba(7, 15, 29, .28) 62%, rgba(7, 15, 29, .06) 100%); }
  .venture-cine-copy { padding-top: 120px; }
  .vcells { grid-template-columns: 1fr; }
}
@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) { .venture-thesis .caret { animation: none; } }

/* ─── Why Third Horizon: four large image tiles (home) ───────────── */
.tiles { display: grid; grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr; gap: 18px; margin-top: clamp(44px, 5vw, 72px); }
.tile {
  position: relative; aspect-ratio: 16 / 10;
  border-radius: var(--r-lg); overflow: hidden;
  background: var(--navy-900); box-shadow: var(--e-1);
  display: flex; align-items: flex-end;
}
.tile-bg { position: absolute; inset: -3%; width: 106%; height: 106%; object-fit: cover; transition: transform 1100ms var(--ez-out), filter 520ms var(--ez-out); }
.tile-scrim { position: absolute; inset: 0; background: linear-gradient(to top, rgba(7, 15, 29, .92) 0%, rgba(7, 15, 29, .46) 42%, rgba(7, 15, 29, .12) 72%, rgba(7, 15, 29, 0) 100%); }
.tile-body { position: relative; z-index: 2; padding: 26px 28px 28px; width: 100%; }
.tile-slug { font-family: var(--f-mono); font-size: var(--t-mono); font-weight: 500; letter-spacing: .05em; color: var(--mist); transition: color var(--d-1) var(--ez-out); }
.tile-body h3 { color: #FDFCF8; font-size: clamp(1.3rem, 1.15rem + .7vw, 1.7rem); margin-top: 10px; letter-spacing: -.016em; }
.tile-rule { display: block; height: 2px; width: 64px; background: var(--orange); margin-top: 14px; transform: scaleX(0); transform-origin: left; transition: transform var(--d-3) var(--ez-out) 60ms; }
.tile-more { display: grid; grid-template-rows: 0fr; transition: grid-template-rows 460ms var(--ez-out); }
.tile-more > span { display: block; overflow: hidden; }
.tile-more p { padding-top: 12px; color: #DDE3EE; font-size: var(--t-sm); line-height: 1.6; max-width: 46ch; opacity: 0; transform: translateY(6px); transition: opacity 360ms var(--ez-out) 180ms, transform 360ms var(--ez-out) 180ms; }
.tile:hover .tile-bg, .tile:focus-visible .tile-bg { transform: translate(-2%, -1.5%); filter: saturate(.85); }
.tile:hover .tile-slug, .tile:focus-visible .tile-slug { color: var(--orange); }
.tile:hover .tile-rule, .tile:focus-visible .tile-rule { transform: scaleX(1); }
.tile:hover .tile-more, .tile:focus-visible .tile-more { grid-template-rows: 1fr; }
.tile:hover .tile-more p, .tile:focus-visible .tile-more p { opacity: 1; transform: none; }
.tile:focus-visible { outline-offset: -3px; }
@media (hover: none) {
  .tile-rule { transform: scaleX(1); }
  .tile-more { grid-template-rows: 1fr; }
  .tile-more p { opacity: 1; transform: none; }
}
@media (max-width: 760px) { .tiles { grid-template-columns: 1fr; gap: 14px; } .tile { aspect-ratio: 3 / 4; } }

/* ─── Industries: sticky picture, scrolling sectors, index rail ──── */
.indx-rail { position: sticky; top: 76px; z-index: 20; background: var(--ivory); border-bottom: 1px solid var(--line-l); margin-bottom: 8px; }
.indx-rail-inner { display: flex; align-items: baseline; gap: 10px 26px; padding: 16px 0 14px; overflow-x: auto; scrollbar-width: none; white-space: nowrap; }
.indx-rail-inner::-webkit-scrollbar { display: none; }
.indx-rail-title { font-family: var(--f-mono); font-size: var(--t-mono-xs); font-weight: 500; letter-spacing: .18em; text-transform: uppercase; color: var(--ink-2); display: flex; gap: .6em; flex: none; }
.indx-rail-title .chev { color: var(--orange-ink); letter-spacing: -.08em; }
.indx-rail ul { list-style: none; display: flex; gap: 2px 22px; }
.indx-rail a { display: inline-flex; align-items: baseline; gap: 8px; font-family: var(--f-mono); font-size: var(--t-mono); font-weight: 500; letter-spacing: .05em; color: var(--ink-2); padding: 4px 0; position: relative; transition: color var(--d-1) var(--ez-out); }
.indx-rail a .mark { color: transparent; font-weight: 700; transition: color var(--d-1) var(--ez-out); }
.indx-rail a::after { content: ''; position: absolute; left: 0; right: 0; bottom: -15px; height: 2px; background: var(--orange-ink); transform: scaleX(0); transform-origin: left; transition: transform var(--d-2) var(--ez-out); }
.indx-rail a:hover { color: var(--ink); }
.indx-rail li.active a { color: var(--ink); }
.indx-rail li.active a .mark { color: var(--orange-ink); }
.indx-rail li.active a::after { transform: scaleX(1); }
.indx { display: grid; grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 5fr) minmax(0, 6fr); gap: clamp(32px, 4vw, 72px); align-items: start; }
.indx-sector {
  min-height: 76vh; display: flex; flex-direction: column; justify-content: center;
  padding-block: clamp(40px, 7vh, 88px); border-top: 1px solid var(--line-l);
  scroll-margin-top: 150px;
  transition: opacity 480ms var(--ez-out);
}
.indx-sector:first-child { border-top: 0; }
.indx.is-live .indx-sector { opacity: .42; }
.indx.is-live .indx-sector.active { opacity: 1; }
.indx-slug { font-family: var(--f-mono); font-size: var(--t-mono); font-weight: 500; letter-spacing: .05em; color: var(--ink-2); transition: color var(--d-2) var(--ez-out); }
.indx-sector.active .indx-slug { color: var(--orange-ink); }
.indx-sector h2 { font-size: clamp(1.9rem, 1.45rem + 2vw, 2.9rem); margin-top: 14px; max-width: 14ch; }
.indx-sector > p { margin-top: 20px; color: var(--ink-2); max-width: 54ch; }
.indx-sector .chev-list { margin-top: 20px; max-width: 58ch; }
.indx-sector .link-chev { margin-top: 18px; }
.indx-media-inline { display: none; }
.indx-visual { position: sticky; top: 150px; }
.indx-frame { position: relative; overflow: hidden; height: calc(100vh - 174px); min-height: 460px; max-height: 820px; border-radius: var(--r-lg); background: var(--navy-900); box-shadow: var(--e-2); }
.indx-frame img { position: absolute; inset: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; object-fit: cover; opacity: 0; transform: scale(1.05); transition: opacity 640ms var(--ez-out), transform 1400ms var(--ez-out); }
.indx-frame img.active { opacity: 1; transform: scale(1); }
.indx-frame-scrim { position: absolute; inset: 0; background: linear-gradient(to top, rgba(7, 15, 29, .9) 0%, rgba(7, 15, 29, .4) 26%, rgba(7, 15, 29, 0) 52%); }
.indx-frame-cap { position: absolute; left: 0; right: 0; bottom: 0; padding: 24px 28px 26px; z-index: 2; }
.indx-cap-slug { display: flex; gap: .6em; font-family: var(--f-mono); font-size: var(--t-mono); font-weight: 500; letter-spacing: .08em; color: #FDFCF8; }
.indx-cap-slug .chev { color: var(--orange); letter-spacing: -.08em; }
.indx-cap-note { margin-top: 10px; font-family: var(--f-mono); font-size: var(--t-mono-xs); letter-spacing: .05em; line-height: 1.8; color: var(--mist); max-width: 52ch; transition: opacity var(--d-2) var(--ez-out); }
.indx-cap-note.swap { opacity: 0; }
.indx-frame-count { position: absolute; top: 20px; right: 24px; z-index: 2; font-family: var(--f-mono); font-size: var(--t-mono-xs); letter-spacing: .14em; color: #FDFCF8; background: rgba(7, 15, 29, .55); padding: 6px 10px; border-radius: 6px; }
.indx-frame-count b { font-weight: 500; color: var(--orange); }
@media (max-width: 980px) {
  .indx { grid-template-columns: 1fr; }
  .indx-visual { display: none; }
  .indx-sector { min-height: 0; padding-block: 40px 44px; opacity: 1 !important; scroll-margin-top: 140px; }
  .indx-media-inline { display: block; aspect-ratio: 16 / 10; border-radius: var(--r-lg); overflow: hidden; margin-bottom: 24px; background: var(--navy-900); box-shadow: var(--e-1); }
  .indx-media-inline img { width: 100%; height: 100%; object-fit: cover; }
}

/* ─── The Firm: horizon chart drawn by scroll ────────────────────── */
.hzx { position: relative; margin-top: clamp(28px, 3vw, 44px); }
.hzx-band {
  position: relative; background: var(--navy-950); color: var(--paper);
  border-radius: var(--r-lg); box-shadow: var(--e-2); overflow: hidden;
  padding: clamp(28px, 3.4vw, 44px) clamp(24px, 3.4vw, 48px) clamp(30px, 3.4vw, 48px);
}
.hzx.is-pin { height: calc(100vh + 120vh); }
.hzx.is-pin .hzx-sticky { position: sticky; top: 0; height: auto; display: block; padding-block: 92px 24px; }
.hzx-floor {
  position: absolute; left: -30%; right: -30%; top: 22%; height: 46%; pointer-events: none;
  background:
    linear-gradient(to right, transparent 0, transparent calc(100% / 14 - 1px), rgba(255, 90, 0, .22) 0) 0 0 / calc(100% / 14) 100%,
    linear-gradient(to bottom, transparent 0, transparent calc(100% / 9 - 1px), rgba(255, 90, 0, .2) 0) 0 0 / 100% calc(100% / 9);
  transform: perspective(640px) rotateX(64deg); transform-origin: 50% 0;
  -webkit-mask-image: linear-gradient(to bottom, transparent 0%, rgba(0, 0, 0, .9) 30%, rgba(0, 0, 0, .35) 100%);
  mask-image: linear-gradient(to bottom, transparent 0%, rgba(0, 0, 0, .9) 30%, rgba(0, 0, 0, .35) 100%);
}
.hzx-top, .hzx-svg, .hzx-steps, .hzx-cap { position: relative; z-index: 2; }
.hzx-top { display: flex; justify-content: space-between; align-items: baseline; gap: 20px; flex-wrap: wrap; }
.hzx-readout { font-family: var(--f-mono); font-size: var(--t-mono); font-weight: 500; letter-spacing: .16em; text-transform: uppercase; color: var(--mist); display: flex; gap: .6em; align-items: baseline; }
.hzx-readout .chev { color: var(--orange); letter-spacing: -.08em; }
.hzx-readout b { color: #FDFCF8; font-weight: 500; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1; }
.hzx-hint { font-family: var(--f-mono); font-size: var(--t-mono-xs); letter-spacing: .1em; text-transform: uppercase; color: var(--mist); opacity: .7; }
.hzx-svg { display: block; width: 100%; height: auto; margin-top: 8px; }
.hzx-svg .route { fill: none; stroke: rgba(169, 180, 201, .22); stroke-width: 1.5; stroke-dasharray: 4 6; }
.hzx-svg .base { fill: none; stroke: rgba(169, 180, 201, .18); stroke-width: 1; }
.hzx-svg .tick { stroke: rgba(169, 180, 201, .22); stroke-width: 1; }
.hzx-svg .area { fill: url(#hz-area); }
.hzx-svg .draw-glow { fill: none; stroke: var(--orange); stroke-width: 12; stroke-linecap: round; opacity: .28; filter: url(#hz-blur); }
.hzx-svg .draw { fill: none; stroke: #FF7A2E; stroke-width: 3; stroke-linecap: round; }
.hzx-svg .refl { fill: none; stroke: var(--orange); stroke-width: 3; opacity: .14; filter: url(#hz-blur-soft); }
.hzx-svg .node { fill: var(--navy-950); stroke: rgba(169, 180, 201, .5); stroke-width: 1.5; transition: fill var(--d-2) var(--ez-out), stroke var(--d-2) var(--ez-out); }
.hzx-svg .node.lit { fill: var(--orange); stroke: var(--orange); }
.hzx-svg .halo { fill: none; stroke: var(--orange); stroke-width: 1; opacity: 0; }
.hzx-svg .halo.lit { animation: hz-pulse 1.8s var(--ez-out) infinite; }
@keyframes hz-pulse { 0% { r: 9; opacity: .8; } 100% { r: 30; opacity: 0; } }
.hzx-svg .tip { fill: #FFFFFF; }
.hzx-svg .tip-glow { fill: var(--orange); opacity: .55; filter: url(#hz-blur); }
.hzx-svg .stem { stroke: rgba(169, 180, 201, .25); stroke-width: 1; stroke-dasharray: 2 4; }
.hzx-svg .stem.lit { stroke: rgba(255, 90, 0, .6); }
.hzx-svg .ylbl { font-family: var(--f-mono); font-size: 11px; letter-spacing: .12em; fill: var(--mist); }
.hzx-steps { list-style: none; display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(3, 1fr); gap: 24px; margin-top: 6px; }
.hzx-step { opacity: .34; transform: translateY(6px); transition: opacity 480ms var(--ez-out), transform 480ms var(--ez-out); padding-right: 12px; }
.hzx-step.lit { opacity: 1; transform: none; }
.hzx-step .hs { font-family: var(--f-mono); font-size: var(--t-mono); font-weight: 500; letter-spacing: .05em; color: var(--orange); }
.hzx-step.lit .hs { text-shadow: 0 0 12px rgba(255, 90, 0, .55); }
.hzx-step h3 { font-size: 1.1rem; margin-top: 10px; letter-spacing: -.012em; color: #FDFCF8; }
.hzx-step p { color: var(--mist); font-size: var(--t-sm); margin-top: 8px; max-width: 30ch; }
.hzx-step.hzx-3 h3 { font-size: 1.22rem; }
.hzx-cap {
  margin-top: 26px; padding-top: 18px; border-top: 1px solid var(--line-d-soft);
  font-family: var(--f-mono); font-size: var(--t-mono-xs); font-weight: 500; letter-spacing: .14em; text-transform: uppercase; color: var(--mist);
  display: flex; gap: .6em; align-items: baseline;
  opacity: 0; transform: translateY(6px); transition: opacity 480ms var(--ez-out), transform 480ms var(--ez-out);
}
.hzx-cap.lit { opacity: 1; transform: none; }
.hzx-cap .chev { color: var(--orange); font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: -.08em; }
.hzx-cap .caret { display: inline-block; width: .6em; height: 1em; background: var(--orange); vertical-align: -.15em; margin-left: .2em; animation: blink 1.1s steps(1) infinite; }
@media (max-width: 680px) { .hzx-steps { grid-template-columns: 1fr; gap: 18px; } .hzx-step p { max-width: 46ch; } }
@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
  .hzx-step, .hzx-cap, .hzx-svg .node { transition: none; }
  .hzx-cap .caret { animation: none; }
  .hzx-svg .halo.lit { animation: none; opacity: .45; }
}

/* ─── Three ways in: separated cards, drawn diagrams ─────────────── */
.modes-grid--sep { gap: 18px; background: none; border: 0; }
.modex {
  position: relative; overflow: hidden;
  display: flex; flex-direction: column;
  padding: 26px 28px 32px;
  border-radius: var(--r-lg); border: 1px solid var(--line-d);
  background: linear-gradient(180deg, #142645 0%, #0C1830 100%);
  box-shadow: var(--e-1);
  transition: transform var(--d-2) var(--ez-out), border-color var(--d-2) var(--ez-out), box-shadow var(--d-2) var(--ez-out);
}
.modex:hover, .modex:focus-within { transform: translateY(-4px); border-color: rgba(255, 90, 0, .55); box-shadow: var(--e-2); }
.modex .slug { font-family: var(--f-mono); font-size: var(--t-mono); font-weight: 500; letter-spacing: .05em; color: var(--orange); }
.modex h3 { font-size: 1.22rem; margin-top: 12px; }
.modex > p { font-size: var(--t-sm); margin-top: 10px; }
.modex-fit { display: grid; grid-template-rows: 0fr; transition: grid-template-rows 420ms var(--ez-out); }
.modex-fit > span { display: block; overflow: hidden; }
.modex-fit p { margin-top: 16px; padding-top: 14px; border-top: 1px solid var(--line-d-soft); font-family: var(--f-mono); font-size: var(--t-mono-xs); letter-spacing: .04em; line-height: 1.8; color: #E9E5DA; opacity: 0; transition: opacity 320ms var(--ez-out) 160ms; }
.modex-fit .k { color: var(--orange); }
.modex:hover .modex-fit, .modex:focus-within .modex-fit { grid-template-rows: 1fr; }
.modex:hover .modex-fit p, .modex:focus-within .modex-fit p { opacity: 1; }
.modex a.link-chev { margin-top: auto; padding-top: 18px; color: var(--orange); }
.modex-art { display: block; width: 100%; height: auto; margin-bottom: 22px; }
.modex-art .floor { stroke: rgba(169, 180, 201, .14); stroke-width: 1; fill: none; }
.modex-art .g { fill: none; stroke: rgba(169, 180, 201, .3); stroke-width: 1.5; }
.modex-art .g-dash { fill: none; stroke: rgba(169, 180, 201, .3); stroke-width: 1.5; stroke-dasharray: 3 6; }
.modex-art .lbl { font-family: var(--f-mono); font-size: 11px; letter-spacing: .12em; fill: var(--mist); }
.modex-art .glow { filter: url(#m-glow); }
.modex-art .o { fill: none; stroke: var(--orange); stroke-width: 3; stroke-linecap: round; stroke-linejoin: round; stroke-dasharray: var(--len, 600); stroke-dashoffset: var(--len, 600); transition: stroke-dashoffset 900ms var(--ez-io); }
.modex:hover .modex-art .o, .modex:focus-within .modex-art .o { stroke-dashoffset: 0; }
/* project */
.modex-art .pillar { stroke: rgba(169, 180, 201, .5); stroke-width: 1.5; }
.modex-art .cap { fill: rgba(169, 180, 201, .5); transition: fill var(--d-2) var(--ez-out); }
.modex-art .o-block { transform-box: fill-box; transform-origin: left center; transform: scaleX(0); transition: transform 820ms var(--ez-io); }
.modex-art .o-block .top { fill: #FF8A3D; }
.modex-art .o-block .front { fill: var(--orange); }
.modex-art .o-block .side { fill: #B23E00; }
.modex-art .o-ms { fill: #FF8A3D; transform-box: fill-box; transform-origin: center bottom; transform: scaleY(0); transition: transform 460ms var(--ez-out); }
.modex-art .o-ms:nth-of-type(2) { transition-delay: 520ms; }
.modex-art .o-ms:nth-of-type(3) { transition-delay: 640ms; }
.modex-art .o-ms:nth-of-type(4) { transition-delay: 760ms; }
.modex:hover .modex-art .o-block, .modex:focus-within .modex-art .o-block { transform: scaleX(1); }
.modex:hover .modex-art .o-ms, .modex:focus-within .modex-art .o-ms { transform: scaleY(1); }
.modex:hover .modex-art .cap, .modex:focus-within .modex-art .cap { fill: var(--orange); }
/* retained */
.modex-art .dot { fill: rgba(169, 180, 201, .4); transition: fill var(--d-2) var(--ez-out); }
.modex:hover .modex-art .dot, .modex:focus-within .modex-art .dot { fill: var(--orange); }
.modex:hover .modex-art .dot:nth-of-type(2) { transition-delay: 120ms; }
.modex:hover .modex-art .dot:nth-of-type(3) { transition-delay: 240ms; }
.modex:hover .modex-art .dot:nth-of-type(4) { transition-delay: 360ms; }
.modex:hover .modex-art .dot:nth-of-type(5) { transition-delay: 480ms; }
.modex:hover .modex-art .dot:nth-of-type(6) { transition-delay: 600ms; }
.modex-art .ring { fill: none; stroke: var(--orange); stroke-width: 1.5; opacity: 0; }
.modex:hover .modex-art .ring, .modex:focus-within .modex-art .ring { animation: m-ring 1.9s var(--ez-out) infinite; }
.modex-art .ring:nth-of-type(2) { animation-delay: .3s; } .modex-art .ring:nth-of-type(3) { animation-delay: .6s; }
.modex-art .ring:nth-of-type(4) { animation-delay: .9s; } .modex-art .ring:nth-of-type(5) { animation-delay: 1.2s; } .modex-art .ring:nth-of-type(6) { animation-delay: 1.5s; }
@keyframes m-ring { 0% { r: 5; opacity: .9; } 100% { r: 16; opacity: 0; } }
.modex-art .o-run { fill: #FFFFFF; offset-path: path('M40 76 H280'); offset-rotate: 0deg; opacity: 0; animation: m-run 2.6s cubic-bezier(.45, 0, .55, 1) infinite; animation-play-state: paused; }
.modex-art .o-run-glow { fill: var(--orange); opacity: 0; offset-path: path('M40 76 H280'); offset-rotate: 0deg; filter: url(#m-glow); animation: m-run 2.6s cubic-bezier(.45, 0, .55, 1) infinite; animation-play-state: paused; }
.modex:hover .modex-art .o-run, .modex:focus-within .modex-art .o-run { animation-play-state: running; opacity: 1; }
.modex:hover .modex-art .o-run-glow, .modex:focus-within .modex-art .o-run-glow { animation-play-state: running; opacity: .6; }
@keyframes m-run { 0% { offset-distance: 0%; } 100% { offset-distance: 100%; } }
/* embedded */
.modex-art .cube { fill: rgba(169, 180, 201, .06); stroke: rgba(169, 180, 201, .5); stroke-width: 1; stroke-linejoin: round; }
.modex-art .plate { fill: rgba(169, 180, 201, .05); stroke: rgba(169, 180, 201, .3); stroke-width: 1; }
.modex-art .o-cube { opacity: 0; transform-box: fill-box; transform-origin: center; transform: translateY(6px); transition: opacity var(--d-2) var(--ez-out) 420ms, transform 600ms var(--ez-out) 420ms; }
.modex-art .o-cube .top { fill: #FF8A3D; } .modex-art .o-cube .left { fill: #C24600; } .modex-art .o-cube .right { fill: var(--orange); }
.modex-art .o-cube-halo { fill: var(--orange); opacity: 0; transition: opacity var(--d-2) var(--ez-out) 420ms; }
.modex:hover .modex-art .o-cube, .modex:focus-within .modex-art .o-cube { opacity: 1; transform: translateY(-6px); }
.modex:hover .modex-art .o-cube-halo, .modex:focus-within .modex-art .o-cube-halo { opacity: .5; }
/* touch screens: JS adds .is-on as each card scrolls into view, so the diagram
   draws itself on phones the way it draws on hover. Without JS the drawn state is shown. */
.modex.is-on, html:not(.js) .modex { border-color: rgba(255, 90, 0, .55); }
.modex.is-on .modex-art .o, html:not(.js) .modex-art .o { stroke-dashoffset: 0; }
.modex.is-on .modex-art .o-block, html:not(.js) .modex-art .o-block { transform: scaleX(1); }
.modex.is-on .modex-art .o-ms, html:not(.js) .modex-art .o-ms { transform: scaleY(1); }
.modex.is-on .modex-art .cap, html:not(.js) .modex-art .cap { fill: var(--orange); }
.modex.is-on .modex-art .dot, html:not(.js) .modex-art .dot { fill: var(--orange); }
.modex.is-on .modex-art .dot:nth-of-type(2) { transition-delay: 120ms; } .modex.is-on .modex-art .dot:nth-of-type(3) { transition-delay: 240ms; }
.modex.is-on .modex-art .dot:nth-of-type(4) { transition-delay: 360ms; } .modex.is-on .modex-art .dot:nth-of-type(5) { transition-delay: 480ms; } .modex.is-on .modex-art .dot:nth-of-type(6) { transition-delay: 600ms; }
.modex.is-on .modex-art .ring { animation: m-ring 1.9s var(--ez-out) 3; }
.modex.is-on .modex-art .o-run { animation-play-state: running; opacity: 1; }
.modex.is-on .modex-art .o-run-glow { animation-play-state: running; opacity: .6; }
.modex.is-on .modex-art .o-cube, html:not(.js) .modex-art .o-cube { opacity: 1; transform: translateY(-6px); }
.modex.is-on .modex-art .o-cube-halo, html:not(.js) .modex-art .o-cube-halo { opacity: .5; }
.modex.is-on .modex-fit, html:not(.js) .modex-fit { grid-template-rows: 1fr; }
.modex.is-on .modex-fit p, html:not(.js) .modex-fit p { opacity: 1; }
@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
  .modex-art .o, .modex-art .o-block, .modex-art .o-ms, .modex-art .o-cube { transition: none; }
  .modex-art .o-run, .modex-art .o-run-glow { animation: none; opacity: 0; }
  .modex:hover .modex-art .ring { animation: none; opacity: .5; }
}

/* ─── How we practice: two by two, larger, lighter on touch ──────── */
.prac-grid { grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr; gap: 18px; }
.prac-card { aspect-ratio: 16 / 10; }
.prac-body { padding: 24px 28px 26px; }
.prac-body h3 { font-size: clamp(1.2rem, 1.1rem + .5vw, 1.5rem); }
.prac-more p { max-width: 52ch; }
/* lighter rest state: measured against the Who we build with cards, the
   practice photographs were carrying a heavier mid band than they needed */
.prac-scrim { background: linear-gradient(to top, rgba(7, 15, 29, .86) 0%, rgba(7, 15, 29, .26) 46%, rgba(12, 24, 48, .08) 100%); }
@media (max-width: 1180px) { .prac-grid { grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr; } }
@media (max-width: 640px) { .prac-grid { grid-template-columns: 1fr; gap: 14px; } .prac-card { aspect-ratio: 4 / 3; } }
@media (hover: none) { .prac-grade { opacity: .14; } .prac-bg { filter: none; } }

/* insights opening state */
.ins-note { margin-top: 14px; font-family: var(--f-mono); font-size: var(--t-mono-xs); letter-spacing: .06em; color: var(--ink-2); }
.indx-rail .indx-rail-inner { scroll-padding-inline: var(--gutter); }