/* ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
     TeachSmartHQ™ — About  (v1.2, 2026-05-24)
     Design DNA inherited from Homepage v2.
     Type:    Fraunces (display) · DM Sans (body) · Caveat (margin notes) · JetBrains Mono (eyebrows)
     Palette: Navy #0B1E3A · Cream #FAF1E2 · Cream-deep #F3E6CE · Orange #E07A3B · Gold #E8B86A
     ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── */

  :root {
    --navy: #0B1E3A;
    --navy-soft: rgba(11,30,58,0.62);
    --navy-faint: rgba(11,30,58,0.32);
    --navy-hair: rgba(11,30,58,0.14);
    --cream: #FAF1E2;
    --cream-deep: #F3E6CE;
    --cream-deeper: #ECDBB9;
    --paper: #FCF7EC;
    --orange: #E07A3B;
    --orange-shadow: #C0612A;
    --orange-soft: rgba(224,122,59,0.10);
    --gold: #E8B86A;
    --gold-soft: rgba(232,184,106,0.18);
    --terracotta: #F2C6A8;
    --pen: #7A5A36;

    --serif: 'Fraunces', Georgia, serif;
    --sans: 'DM Sans', system-ui, sans-serif;
    --hand: 'Caveat', cursive;
    --mono: 'JetBrains Mono', ui-monospace, monospace;
  }

  *, *::before, *::after { box-sizing: border-box; }
  html { scroll-behavior: smooth; }
  body {
    margin: 0;
    background: var(--cream);
    color: var(--navy);
    font-family: var(--sans);
    font-size: 17px;
    line-height: 1.55;
    -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;
    text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;
  }
  a { color: inherit; }
  a:focus-visible, button:focus-visible {
    outline: 2px solid var(--orange);
    outline-offset: 3px;
    border-radius: 4px;
  }
  /* Skip-to-content link */
  .skip {
    position: absolute; left: -9999px; top: 0;
    background: var(--navy); color: var(--cream);
    padding: 12px 18px; border-radius: 0 0 8px 0;
    font-family: var(--mono); font-size: 13px; letter-spacing: 1.4px; text-transform: uppercase;
    z-index: 9999; text-decoration: none;
  }
  .skip:focus { left: 0; }

  .container {
    max-width: 1280px;
    margin: 0 auto;
    padding: 0 80px;
    width: 100%;
  }

  /* shared section primitives ─────────────────────────────────── */
  .section { padding: 112px 0; position: relative; }
  .section.tight { padding: 80px 0; }
  .section.deep { background: var(--cream-deep); }
  .section.dark { background: var(--navy); color: var(--cream); }

  .eyebrow {
    font-family: var(--mono);
    font-size: 13px;
    letter-spacing: 2.2px;
    text-transform: uppercase;
    color: var(--orange);
    font-weight: 500;
    margin: 0 0 24px;
  }
  .eyebrow .num {
    display: inline-block;
    color: var(--navy-faint);
    margin-right: 12px;
    font-weight: 500;
  }

  h2.section-title {
    font-family: var(--serif);
    font-weight: 500;
    font-size: 56px;
    line-height: 1.08;
    letter-spacing: -0.6px;
    margin: 0;
    max-width: 920px;
    text-wrap: pretty;
  }
  h2.section-title em {
    font-style: italic;
    font-weight: 500;
    color: var(--orange);
  }

  .lede {
    font-family: var(--serif);
    font-weight: 400;
    font-size: 24px;
    line-height: 1.45;
    color: var(--navy-soft);
    max-width: 880px;
    margin: 28px 0 0;
    text-wrap: pretty;
  }

  .body-prose {
    margin-top: 32px;
    max-width: 880px;
  }
  .body-prose p {
    font-family: var(--sans);
    font-weight: 400;
    font-size: 19px;
    line-height: 1.6;
    color: var(--navy);
    margin: 0 0 22px;
    text-wrap: pretty;
  }
  .body-prose p:last-child { margin-bottom: 0; }
  .body-prose em {
    font-family: var(--serif);
    font-style: italic;
    color: var(--orange-shadow);
    font-weight: 500;
  }

  .caveat-note {
    margin-top: 36px;
    font-family: var(--hand);
    font-weight: 600;
    color: var(--pen);
    font-size: 30px;
    line-height: 1;
    display: inline-block;
    transform: rotate(-2deg);
  }

  /* Three-perspectives ornament — hand-drawn baseline with three
     anchor dots in palette colors. Replaces a previous Caveat note;
     intentionally abstract, no portrait/identity reference. */
  .role-mark {
    margin-top: 36px;
    display: inline-block;
    transform: rotate(-2deg);
    line-height: 1;
  }
  .role-mark svg { width: 104px; height: 24px; display: block; }

  /* Buttons ──────────────────────────────────────────────────── */
  .btn {
    display: inline-flex; align-items: center; gap: 10px;
    padding: 16px 26px;
    border-radius: 999px;
    font-family: var(--sans);
    font-weight: 500;
    font-size: 16px;
    letter-spacing: 0.1px;
    text-decoration: none;
    transition: background-color .15s ease, color .15s ease, border-color .15s ease;
    border: 1.5px solid transparent;
  }
  .btn .arr { display: inline-block; transform: translateY(-1px); }
  .btn-primary { background: var(--navy); color: var(--cream); }
  .btn-primary:hover { background: var(--orange-shadow); }
  .btn-secondary { background: transparent; color: var(--navy); border-color: var(--navy); }
  .btn-secondary:hover { background: var(--navy); color: var(--cream); }
  .btn-tertiary { background: var(--cream-deeper); color: var(--navy); }
  .btn-tertiary:hover { background: var(--gold); }

  /* ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
     1) Promo bar (dormant revival kit) — carry-forward from homepage v2
     ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── */
  .promo-bar {
    background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F2D9A8 0%, #EFCF94 100%);
    color: var(--navy);
    padding: 14px 0;
    font-family: var(--sans);
    font-size: 15px;
    border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(11,30,58,0.10);
  }
  .promo-bar .container {
    display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: center;
    gap: 18px;
    flex-wrap: wrap;
    text-align: center;
  }
  .promo-bar .sun { font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.4px; }
  .promo-bar .tag {
    font-family: var(--mono);
    font-size: 12px;
    letter-spacing: 2px;
    text-transform: uppercase;
    color: var(--orange-shadow);
    font-weight: 500;
  }
  .promo-bar strong { font-weight: 600; }
  .promo-bar code {
    font-family: var(--mono);
    font-size: 13px;
    padding: 2px 8px;
    border-radius: 6px;
    background: rgba(11,30,58,0.08);
    letter-spacing: 0.4px;
  }
  .promo-bar .auto {
    color: var(--navy-soft);
    font-style: italic;
    font-family: var(--serif);
    font-size: 15px;
  }
  .promo-bar a.cta {
    color: var(--navy);
    font-weight: 600;
    text-decoration: none;
    white-space: nowrap;
    border-bottom: 1.5px solid var(--navy);
    padding-bottom: 1px;
  }
  .promo-bar a.cta:hover { color: var(--orange-shadow); border-color: var(--orange-shadow); }

  /* ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
     2) Hero
     ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── */
  .hero { padding: 88px 0 112px; background: var(--cream); position: relative; }
  .hero-eyebrow {
    font-family: var(--mono);
    font-size: 13px;
    letter-spacing: 2.4px;
    text-transform: uppercase;
    color: var(--orange);
    font-weight: 500;
    margin-bottom: 36px;
  }
  h1.hero-title {
    font-family: var(--serif);
    font-weight: 400;
    font-size: 76px;
    line-height: 1.02;
    letter-spacing: -1.4px;
    margin: 0;
    color: var(--navy);
    text-wrap: pretty;
    max-width: 1100px;
  }
  h1.hero-title em {
    font-style: italic;
    color: var(--orange);
    font-weight: 400;
  }
  .hero-body {
    font-family: var(--serif);
    font-weight: 400;
    font-size: 24px;
    line-height: 1.45;
    color: var(--navy-soft);
    margin: 36px 0 0;
    max-width: 880px;
    text-wrap: pretty;
  }
  .hero-meta {
    margin-top: 48px;
    padding-top: 32px;
    border-top: 1px solid var(--navy-hair);
    display: grid;
    grid-template-columns: repeat(3, 1fr);
    gap: 32px;
    max-width: 980px;
  }
  .hero-meta .hm-item {
    display: flex; flex-direction: column; gap: 6px;
  }
  .hero-meta .hm-k {
    font-family: var(--mono);
    font-size: 12px;
    letter-spacing: 1.6px;
    text-transform: uppercase;
    color: var(--navy-faint);
  }
  .hero-meta .hm-v {
    font-family: var(--serif);
    font-weight: 500;
    font-size: 22px;
    line-height: 1.2;
    color: var(--navy);
  }

  /* ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
     §03 How it got built — role cards (cream-deep)
     ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── */
  .role-grid {
    margin-top: 56px;
    display: grid;
    grid-template-columns: repeat(3, 1fr);
    gap: 24px;
  }
  .role-card {
    background: rgba(255,255,255,0.55);
    border: 1.5px solid var(--navy-hair);
    border-radius: 18px;
    padding: 32px 30px 32px;
    display: flex; flex-direction: column; gap: 14px;
    min-height: 380px;
  }
  .role-card .rc-num {
    font-family: var(--mono);
    font-size: 12px;
    letter-spacing: 1.8px;
    color: var(--orange);
  }
  .role-card .rc-name {
    font-family: var(--serif);
    font-weight: 500;
    font-size: 26px;
    line-height: 1.15;
    color: var(--navy);
    letter-spacing: -0.2px;
  }
  .role-card .rc-desc {
    font-family: var(--sans);
    font-size: 16px;
    line-height: 1.55;
    color: var(--navy-soft);
    text-wrap: pretty;
  }
  .role-card .rc-tags {
    margin-top: auto;
    padding-top: 18px;
    border-top: 1px dashed var(--navy-hair);
    display: flex; flex-direction: column; gap: 8px;
  }
  .role-card .rc-tags .tag {
    font-family: var(--mono);
    font-size: 11.5px;
    letter-spacing: 1.4px;
    text-transform: uppercase;
    color: var(--navy);
    font-weight: 500;
  }
  .role-foot {
    margin-top: 40px;
    display: flex;
    align-items: baseline;
    justify-content: space-between;
    gap: 24px;
    flex-wrap: wrap;
  }
  .role-foot .desc {
    font-family: var(--serif);
    font-style: italic;
    font-size: 21px;
    line-height: 1.4;
    color: var(--navy-soft);
    max-width: 760px;
    text-wrap: pretty;
  }

  /* ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
     §04 Generators — what's built, building, next
     ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── */
  .gen-grid {
    margin-top: 56px;
    display: grid;
    grid-template-columns: repeat(2, 1fr);
    gap: 22px;
  }
  .gen-card {
    background: rgba(255,255,255,0.4);
    border: 1.5px solid var(--navy-hair);
    border-radius: 16px;
    padding: 28px 30px;
    display: flex; flex-direction: column; gap: 14px;
  }
  .pill {
    align-self: flex-start;
    display: inline-flex; align-items: center; gap: 8px;
    font-family: var(--mono);
    font-size: 11.5px;
    letter-spacing: 1.8px;
    text-transform: uppercase;
    font-weight: 500;
    padding: 6px 12px 6px 8px;
    border-radius: 999px;
    background: var(--cream-deep);
    color: var(--navy);
    border: 1px solid var(--navy-hair);
  }
  .pill .pdot { width: 8px; height: 8px; border-radius: 50%; background: var(--orange); }
  .pill.live .pdot { background: var(--orange); animation: pulse 2.4s ease-in-out infinite; }
  .pill.build .pdot { background: var(--gold); }
  .pill.road .pdot { background: var(--navy-faint); }
  @keyframes pulse {
    0%, 100% { opacity: 1; transform: scale(1); }
    50% { opacity: 0.4; transform: scale(0.85); }
  }
  .gen-card .gc-name {
    font-family: var(--serif);
    font-weight: 500;
    font-size: 26px;
    line-height: 1.15;
    color: var(--navy);
    letter-spacing: -0.2px;
  }
  .gen-card .gc-name .tm { font-size: 12px; vertical-align: super; opacity: 0.55; font-weight: 400; }
  .gen-card .gc-desc {
    font-family: var(--sans);
    font-size: 16px;
    line-height: 1.55;
    color: var(--navy-soft);
    text-wrap: pretty;
  }
  /* ALG card — North Star treatment (full-width row) */
  .gen-card.northstar {
    grid-column: 1 / -1;
    background: var(--navy);
    color: var(--cream);
    border-color: var(--navy);
    padding: 36px 40px;
    display: grid;
    grid-template-columns: 1fr auto;
    gap: 40px;
    align-items: start;
  }
  .gen-card.northstar .ns-left {
    display: flex; flex-direction: column; gap: 16px;
  }
  .gen-card.northstar .pill {
    background: rgba(250,241,226,0.12);
    color: var(--cream);
    border-color: rgba(250,241,226,0.25);
  }
  .gen-card.northstar .pill.road .pdot { background: var(--gold); }
  .gen-card.northstar .gc-name {
    color: var(--cream);
    font-size: 36px;
    letter-spacing: -0.3px;
  }
  .gen-card.northstar .gc-name em {
    font-style: italic;
    color: var(--gold);
    font-weight: 500;
  }
  .gen-card.northstar .gc-desc {
    color: rgba(250,241,226,0.86);
    font-size: 19px;
    max-width: 760px;
  }
  .gen-card.northstar .ns-aside {
    display: flex; flex-direction: column; gap: 10px;
    align-items: flex-end;
    text-align: right;
    min-width: 220px;
  }
  .gen-card.northstar .ns-aside .badge {
    display: inline-flex; align-items: center; gap: 8px;
    font-family: var(--mono);
    font-size: 12px;
    letter-spacing: 2px;
    text-transform: uppercase;
    color: var(--gold);
    font-weight: 500;
    padding: 6px 12px;
    border: 1px solid rgba(232,184,106,0.55);
    border-radius: 999px;
  }
  .gen-card.northstar .ns-aside .badge .star { font-family: var(--serif); }
  .gen-card.northstar .ns-aside .note {
    font-family: var(--hand);
    font-weight: 600;
    font-size: 30px;
    color: var(--gold);
    transform: rotate(-3deg);
    line-height: 1;
    margin-top: 12px;
  }
  .gen-foot {
    margin-top: 36px;
    padding-top: 28px;
    border-top: 1px solid var(--navy-hair);
    display: flex; gap: 18px; align-items: baseline; justify-content: space-between;
    flex-wrap: wrap;
  }
  .gen-foot .text {
    font-family: var(--serif);
    font-style: italic;
    font-size: 21px;
    color: var(--navy-soft);
  }
  .text-link {
    font-family: var(--sans);
    font-weight: 500;
    font-size: 15px;
    color: var(--navy);
    text-decoration: none;
    border-bottom: 1.5px solid var(--orange);
    padding-bottom: 2px;
  }
  .text-link:hover { color: var(--orange-shadow); }

  /* ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
     §05 Who it's for — long-form contexts
     ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── */
  .ctx-list {
    margin-top: 56px;
    display: flex; flex-direction: column;
  }
  .ctx-row {
    display: grid;
    grid-template-columns: 80px 1fr 1.4fr;
    gap: 32px;
    align-items: baseline;
    padding: 32px 0;
    border-top: 1px solid var(--navy-hair);
  }
  .ctx-row:last-child { border-bottom: 1px solid var(--navy-hair); }
  .ctx-row .n {
    font-family: var(--mono);
    font-size: 14px;
    letter-spacing: 1.8px;
    color: var(--orange);
    font-feature-settings: "tnum" 1;
  }
  .ctx-row .name {
    font-family: var(--serif);
    font-weight: 500;
    font-size: 28px;
    line-height: 1.2;
    color: var(--navy);
    letter-spacing: -0.2px;
  }
  .ctx-row .name em {
    display: block;
    margin-top: 6px;
    font-family: var(--mono);
    font-style: normal;
    font-weight: 500;
    font-size: 12.5px;
    letter-spacing: 1.6px;
    text-transform: uppercase;
    color: var(--navy-faint);
  }
  .ctx-row .desc {
    font-family: var(--sans);
    font-size: 17px;
    line-height: 1.55;
    color: var(--navy-soft);
    text-wrap: pretty;
  }

  /* ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
     §06 Compatibility — chips
     ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── */
  .compat-intro {
    margin-top: 28px;
    font-family: var(--serif);
    font-size: 22px;
    line-height: 1.5;
    font-style: italic;
    color: var(--navy-soft);
    max-width: 880px;
    text-wrap: pretty;
  }
  .compat-row {
    margin-top: 48px;
    display: grid;
    grid-template-columns: repeat(4, 1fr);
    gap: 16px;
  }
  .compat-chip {
    border: 1.5px solid var(--navy-hair);
    border-radius: 12px;
    background: rgba(255,255,255,0.5);
    padding: 20px 22px;
    font-family: var(--serif);
    font-weight: 500;
    font-size: 20px;
    color: var(--navy);
    min-height: 60px;
    display: flex; align-items: center;
  }

  /* ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
     §07 What it refuses to be — italic Fraunces pulls
     ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── */
  .refuse-grid {
    margin-top: 56px;
    display: grid;
    grid-template-columns: repeat(3, 1fr);
    gap: 36px;
  }
  .refuse-item {
    display: flex; flex-direction: column; gap: 14px;
    padding-left: 24px;
    border-left: 3px solid var(--orange);
  }
  .refuse-item .r-h {
    font-family: var(--serif);
    font-weight: 500;
    font-style: italic;
    font-size: 32px;
    line-height: 1.1;
    color: var(--navy);
    letter-spacing: -0.2px;
  }
  .refuse-item .r-b {
    font-family: var(--sans);
    font-size: 16.5px;
    line-height: 1.55;
    color: var(--navy-soft);
    text-wrap: pretty;
  }
  .refuse-foot {
    margin-top: 48px;
  }

  /* ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
     §08 Where to go next + Anthropic trust row
     ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── */
  .next-grid {
    margin-top: 56px;
    display: grid;
    grid-template-columns: repeat(3, 1fr);
    gap: 20px;
  }
  .next-card {
    background: rgba(255,255,255,0.5);
    border: 1.5px solid var(--navy-hair);
    border-radius: 18px;
    padding: 32px 30px;
    display: flex; flex-direction: column; gap: 14px;
    text-decoration: none;
    color: inherit;
    transition: transform .15s ease, border-color .15s ease, background-color .15s ease;
  }
  .next-card:hover {
    border-color: var(--orange);
    background: rgba(255,255,255,0.7);
    transform: translateY(-2px);
  }
  .next-card .nc-eye {
    font-family: var(--mono);
    font-size: 12px;
    letter-spacing: 1.8px;
    text-transform: uppercase;
    color: var(--orange);
    font-weight: 500;
  }
  .next-card .nc-h {
    font-family: var(--serif);
    font-weight: 500;
    font-size: 28px;
    line-height: 1.1;
    color: var(--navy);
    letter-spacing: -0.2px;
  }
  .next-card .nc-b {
    font-family: var(--sans);
    font-size: 15.5px;
    line-height: 1.5;
    color: var(--navy-soft);
  }
  .next-card .nc-go {
    margin-top: auto;
    font-family: var(--mono);
    font-size: 12px;
    letter-spacing: 1.6px;
    text-transform: uppercase;
    color: var(--orange-shadow);
    display: inline-flex; align-items: center; gap: 6px;
  }
  .anthropic-row {
    margin-top: 72px;
    padding-top: 40px;
    border-top: 1.5px solid var(--navy-hair);
    display: grid;
    grid-template-columns: auto 1fr;
    gap: 40px;
    align-items: start;
  }
  .anthropic-row .label {
    font-family: var(--mono);
    font-size: 13px;
    letter-spacing: 2.4px;
    text-transform: uppercase;
    color: var(--orange);
    font-weight: 500;
    white-space: nowrap;
    padding-top: 6px;
  }
  .anthropic-row .label .dot {
    display: inline-block; width: 8px; height: 8px;
    background: var(--gold); border-radius: 50%;
    margin-right: 8px; vertical-align: middle;
  }
  .anthropic-row p {
    font-family: var(--sans);
    font-weight: 400;
    font-size: 17px;
    line-height: 1.6;
    color: var(--navy-soft);
    margin: 0;
    max-width: 880px;
    text-wrap: pretty;
  }

  /* ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
     Footer — matched to homepage v2
     ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── */
  footer.site {
    background: var(--navy);
    color: var(--cream);
    padding: 80px 0 56px;
  }
  footer.site .container {
    display: grid;
    grid-template-columns: 1.4fr 1fr 1fr 1fr;
    gap: 56px;
  }
  .wordmark {
    display: inline-flex; align-items: center; gap: 12px;
    font-family: var(--serif);
    font-weight: 600;
    font-size: 19px;
    letter-spacing: 0.1px;
    color: var(--navy);
    text-decoration: none;
  }
  .wordmark .mark {
    width: 30px; height: 30px;
    border-radius: 7px;
    background: var(--navy);
    color: var(--cream);
    display: grid; place-items: center;
    font-family: var(--serif);
    font-weight: 700;
    font-size: 18px;
    line-height: 1;
    margin-top: -1px;
  }
  .wordmark .tm {
    font-size: 11px;
    vertical-align: super;
    margin-left: 2px;
    opacity: 0.55;
    font-weight: 400;
  }
  .wordmark .hq { font-weight: 400; }
  footer.site .colophon .wordmark { color: var(--cream); }
  footer.site .colophon .wordmark .mark { background: var(--cream); color: var(--navy); }
  footer.site .tag {
    margin-top: 22px;
    font-family: var(--serif);
    font-weight: 400;
    font-size: 19px;
    line-height: 1.45;
    color: rgba(250,241,226,0.74);
    max-width: 360px;
    text-wrap: pretty;
  }
  footer.site .col h4 {
    font-family: var(--mono);
    font-size: 11.5px;
    letter-spacing: 2px;
    text-transform: uppercase;
    color: var(--gold);
    margin: 0 0 18px;
    font-weight: 500;
  }
  footer.site .col ul {
    list-style: none; padding: 0; margin: 0;
    display: flex; flex-direction: column; gap: 10px;
  }
  footer.site .col a {
    color: rgba(250,241,226,0.80);
    text-decoration: none;
    font-size: 15px;
  }
  footer.site .col a:hover { color: var(--gold); }
  footer.site .row {
    grid-column: 1 / -1;
    margin-top: 48px;
    padding-top: 24px;
    border-top: 1px solid rgba(250,241,226,0.16);
    display: grid;
    grid-template-columns: 1fr auto 1fr;
    gap: 24px;
    align-items: center;
    font-family: var(--mono);
    font-size: 12px;
    letter-spacing: 1.2px;
    color: rgba(250,241,226,0.54);
  }
  footer.site .row .copyright { text-align: left; }
  footer.site .row .legal {
    display: inline-flex; align-items: center; gap: 12px;
    flex-wrap: wrap; justify-content: center;
  }
  footer.site .row .legal a {
    color: rgba(250,241,226,0.72);
    text-decoration: none;
    transition: color .15s ease;
  }
  footer.site .row .legal a:hover { color: var(--orange); }
  footer.site .row .legal .dot { color: rgba(250,241,226,0.30); user-select: none; }
  footer.site .row .powered { text-align: right; color: rgba(250,241,226,0.62); }
  footer.site .socials {
    margin-top: 28px;
    display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 16px;
  }
  footer.site .socials a {
    display: inline-flex; align-items: center; justify-content: center;
    width: 28px; height: 28px;
    color: rgba(250,241,226,0.78);
    transition: color .15s ease, transform .15s ease;
  }
  footer.site .socials a:hover { color: var(--orange); transform: translateY(-1px); }
  footer.site .socials svg { width: 20px; height: 20px; display: block; }

  /* Breadcrumb \u2014 above hero. Locked site-wide. */
  .breadcrumb {
    padding: 16px 0;
    background: var(--cream);
    border-bottom: 1px solid var(--navy-hair);
  }
  .breadcrumb .container {
    display: flex;
    align-items: center;
    gap: 10px;
    font-family: var(--mono);
    font-size: 11.5px;
    letter-spacing: 1.8px;
    text-transform: uppercase;
    color: var(--navy-soft);
  }
  .breadcrumb a {
    color: var(--navy-soft);
    text-decoration: none;
    border-bottom: 1px solid transparent;
    padding-bottom: 1px;
    transition: color .15s ease, border-color .15s ease;
  }
  .breadcrumb a:hover { color: var(--orange-shadow); border-bottom-color: var(--orange-shadow); }
  .breadcrumb .sep {
    color: var(--navy-faint);
    font-family: var(--serif);
    font-style: italic;
    letter-spacing: 0;
    font-size: 14px;
  }
  .breadcrumb .current { color: var(--navy); font-weight: 500; }

  /* ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
     §02 Why this exists — narrative turn (locked copy)
     Three-act flow: quiet hypothetical (cream) → full navy break
     ("the floor moves") → warm arrival, resolving into §03's
     cream-deep so the page reads as one continuous document.
     ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── */
  .why-section { position: relative; background: var(--cream); }
  .why-top { padding: 112px 0 88px; }

  .why-narrative { margin-top: 32px; max-width: 680px; }
  .why-act p {
    font-family: var(--sans);
    font-weight: 500;
    font-size: 19px;
    line-height: 1.75;
    color: var(--navy);
    margin: 0 0 24px;
    text-wrap: pretty;
  }
  .why-act p:last-child { margin-bottom: 0; }
  .why-act p strong { font-weight: 700; }

  .why-lede {
    font-family: var(--serif) !important;
    font-style: italic;
    font-weight: 500 !important;
    font-size: clamp(28px, 4vw, 36px) !important;
    color: var(--navy) !important;
    line-height: 1.2 !important;
    margin-bottom: 20px !important;
  }
  .promise-line {
    font-family: var(--serif);
    font-weight: 500;
    font-size: clamp(20px, 2.4vw, 24px);
    line-height: 1.5;
    color: var(--navy-soft);
    max-width: 620px;
    margin: 0 0 40px;
    text-wrap: pretty;
  }

  /* ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
     §01 Our mission — the locked mission/philosophy line (6/26/26)
     ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── */
  .mission { padding: 132px 0; }
  .mission .eyebrow { color: var(--gold); margin-bottom: 44px; }
  .mission-statement {
    font-family: var(--serif);
    font-weight: 400;
    font-size: 50px;
    line-height: 1.2;
    letter-spacing: -0.4px;
    color: var(--cream);
    margin: 0;
    max-width: 1060px;
    text-wrap: pretty;
  }
  .mission-statement em { font-style: italic; font-weight: 500; color: var(--gold); }
  .mission-coda {
    font-family: var(--serif);
    font-weight: 400;
    font-size: 25px;
    line-height: 1.5;
    color: rgba(250,241,226,0.72);
    margin: 48px 0 0;
    padding-top: 44px;
    border-top: 1px solid rgba(232,184,106,0.32);
    max-width: 900px;
    text-wrap: pretty;
  }
  .mission-coda em { font-style: italic; font-weight: 500; color: var(--cream); }
  .mission-coda .tm { font-size: 13px; vertical-align: super; opacity: 0.6; }
  .why-solo {
    font-family: var(--serif) !important;
    font-style: italic;
    font-weight: 500 !important;
    font-size: 20px !important;
    color: var(--navy) !important;
  }

  .why-act--2 {
    margin-top: 44px;
    padding-top: 40px;
    border-top: 1.5px solid var(--navy-hair);
  }
  .why-turn {
    font-family: var(--serif) !important;
    font-weight: 600 !important;
    font-size: clamp(24px, 3vw, 29px) !important;
    line-height: 1.35 !important;
    color: var(--navy) !important;
    margin-bottom: 28px !important;
  }

  .why-rug {
    width: 100vw;
    margin-left: calc(50% - 50vw);
    background: var(--navy);
    color: var(--cream);
    text-align: center;
    padding: 120px 24px;
  }
  .rug-line {
    font-family: var(--serif);
    font-weight: 600;
    font-size: clamp(30px, 6vw, 52px);
    line-height: 1.25;
    letter-spacing: -0.01em;
    max-width: 820px;
    margin: 0 auto 28px;
  }
  .rug-line:last-child { margin-bottom: 0; }
  .rug-line--gold { color: var(--gold); }

  .why-arrival {
    width: 100vw;
    margin-left: calc(50% - 50vw);
    background:
      radial-gradient(ellipse 900px 380px at 18% -10%, rgba(232,184,106,0.32), transparent 60%),
      radial-gradient(ellipse 900px 380px at 102% 118%, rgba(224,122,59,0.22), transparent 60%),
      var(--cream-deep);
    padding: 120px 24px 132px;
    text-align: center;
  }
  .arrival-inner { max-width: 760px; margin: 0 auto; }
  .arrival-promise {
    font-family: var(--serif);
    font-weight: 600;
    font-size: clamp(26px, 4vw, 34px);
    line-height: 1.5;
    color: var(--navy);
    letter-spacing: -0.005em;
    margin: 0;
  }
  .arrival-mark {
    margin-top: 48px;
    display: flex;
    flex-direction: column;
    align-items: center;
    gap: 14px;
  }
  .am-rule { width: 56px; height: 2px; background: var(--orange); }
  .am-word {
    font-family: var(--serif);
    font-weight: 600;
    font-size: 15px;
    color: var(--navy-soft);
    letter-spacing: 0.02em;
  }
  .am-word .tm { font-size: 9px; }

  /* quiet reveal for the rug-pull lines only — respects reduced motion */
  .why-rug .reveal { opacity: 0; transform: translateY(10px); transition: opacity .6s ease, transform .6s ease; }
  .why-rug .reveal.in { opacity: 1; transform: none; }
  @media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) { .why-rug .reveal { opacity: 1; transform: none; } }

  /* ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
     RESPONSIVE
     ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── */
  @media (max-width: 1100px) {
    .container { padding: 0 48px; }
    h1.hero-title { font-size: 60px; }
    h2.section-title { font-size: 44px; }
    .role-grid { grid-template-columns: 1fr; }
    .role-card { min-height: 0; }
    .gen-grid { grid-template-columns: 1fr; }
    .gen-card.northstar { grid-template-columns: 1fr; gap: 24px; }
    .gen-card.northstar .ns-aside { align-items: flex-start; text-align: left; }
    .ctx-row { grid-template-columns: 60px 1fr; gap: 20px; }
    .ctx-row .desc { grid-column: 2; }
    .compat-row { grid-template-columns: repeat(3, 1fr); }
    .refuse-grid { grid-template-columns: 1fr; gap: 28px; }
    .next-grid { grid-template-columns: 1fr; }
    .anthropic-row { grid-template-columns: 1fr; gap: 18px; }
    .hero-meta { grid-template-columns: 1fr; gap: 18px; }
    footer.site .container { grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr; }
  }
  @media (max-width: 720px) {
    body { font-size: 16px; }
    .container { padding: 0 24px; }
    .section { padding: 72px 0; }
    .why-top { padding: 72px 0 56px; }
    .why-act p { font-size: 18px; }
    .why-act--2 { margin-top: 36px; padding-top: 32px; }
    .why-rug { padding: 76px 22px; }
    .rug-line { margin-bottom: 22px; }
    .why-arrival { padding: 76px 22px 88px; }
    .arrival-mark { margin-top: 36px; }
    .hero { padding: 64px 0 80px; }
    .promo-bar { font-size: 13.5px; padding: 12px 0; }
    .promo-bar .container { flex-direction: column; gap: 8px; }
    h1.hero-title { font-size: 40px; letter-spacing: -0.6px; }
    .hero-body { font-size: 18px; }
    h2.section-title { font-size: 30px; }
    .body-prose p { font-size: 17px; }
    .ctx-row .name { font-size: 22px; }
    .ctx-row .desc { font-size: 15px; }
    .compat-row { grid-template-columns: repeat(2, 1fr); }
    .gen-card.northstar { padding: 28px 24px; }
    .gen-card.northstar .gc-name { font-size: 28px; }
    .refuse-item .r-h { font-size: 26px; }
    footer.site .container { grid-template-columns: 1fr; gap: 36px; }
    footer.site .row { font-size: 11px; }
  }