:root {
  color-scheme: dark;
  --surface: #0d0e13;
  --surface-pure: #030407;
  --panel: #1a1b21;
  --panel-high: #292a2f;
  --panel-highest: #34343a;
  --text: #e3e1e9;
  --muted: #bac9cc;
  --primary: #00e5ff;
  --primary-soft: #c3f5ff;
  --tertiary: #9affe8;
  --warning: #ffd36f;
  --danger: #ff8b86;
  --line: #3b494c;
  --line-soft: rgba(132, 147, 150, 0.24);
  --gutter: clamp(1.25rem, 4vw, 3rem);
  --content: 78rem;
  --reading: 46rem;
  --display: "Space Grotesk", ui-sans-serif, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", sans-serif;
  --mono: "JetBrains Mono", ui-monospace, SFMono-Regular, Menlo, Consolas, monospace;
}

* {
  box-sizing: border-box;
}

html {
  min-width: 320px;
  scroll-behavior: smooth;
  scroll-padding-top: 8rem;
  background: var(--surface);
}

body {
  margin: 0;
  min-height: 100vh;
  overflow-x: hidden;
  background:
    radial-gradient(circle at 72% 8%, rgba(0, 229, 255, 0.08), transparent 22rem),
    linear-gradient(rgba(0, 218, 243, 0.025) 1px, transparent 1px),
    linear-gradient(90deg, rgba(0, 218, 243, 0.025) 1px, transparent 1px),
    var(--surface);
  background-size: auto, 46px 46px, 46px 46px, auto;
  color: var(--text);
  font-family: var(--mono);
  font-size: 1rem;
  line-height: 1.7;
  text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;
}

img {
  display: block;
  max-width: 100%;
}

a {
  color: inherit;
  text-underline-offset: 0.2em;
}

code {
  color: var(--primary-soft);
  font-family: var(--mono);
  font-size: 0.92em;
}

button,
a {
  -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;
}

:focus-visible {
  outline: 3px solid var(--primary);
  outline-offset: 4px;
}

.skip-link {
  position: fixed;
  z-index: 100;
  top: 1rem;
  left: 1rem;
  padding: 0.8rem 1rem;
  transform: translateY(-180%);
  background: var(--primary);
  color: #001014;
  font-weight: 700;
}

.skip-link:focus {
  transform: translateY(0);
}

.site-header {
  position: relative;
  z-index: 10;
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  justify-content: space-between;
  gap: 1rem;
  width: min(100%, calc(var(--content) + (2 * var(--gutter))));
  margin: 0 auto;
  padding: 1.25rem var(--gutter);
  border-bottom: 1px solid var(--line-soft);
  color: var(--muted);
  font-size: 0.68rem;
  letter-spacing: 0.16em;
  line-height: 1.2;
  text-transform: uppercase;
}

.site-mark {
  display: inline-flex;
  align-items: center;
  gap: 0.7rem;
  color: var(--primary-soft);
  font-weight: 600;
  text-decoration: none;
}

.signal-dot {
  width: 0.55rem;
  height: 0.55rem;
  flex: 0 0 auto;
  border-radius: 50%;
  background: var(--primary);
  box-shadow: 0 0 1rem rgba(0, 229, 255, 0.55);
}

.site-state {
  text-align: right;
}

.hero {
  display: grid;
  min-height: min(56rem, calc(100svh - 4rem));
  padding: clamp(4rem, 10vw, 8.5rem) var(--gutter) clamp(4rem, 8vw, 7rem);
}

.hero-grid {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 1.4fr) minmax(17rem, 0.6fr);
  gap: clamp(2rem, 7vw, 7rem);
  align-items: end;
  width: min(100%, var(--content));
  margin: auto;
}

.eyebrow,
.label,
.chapter-number {
  margin: 0;
  color: var(--primary);
  font-family: var(--mono);
  font-size: 0.69rem;
  font-weight: 600;
  letter-spacing: 0.19em;
  line-height: 1.4;
  text-transform: uppercase;
}

.hero h1 {
  max-width: 9.5ch;
  margin: 1.5rem 0 0;
  font-family: var(--display);
  font-size: clamp(4rem, 10.8vw, 10rem);
  font-weight: 700;
  letter-spacing: -0.072em;
  line-height: 0.79;
}

.hero h1 span {
  display: block;
}

.hero h1 span:last-child {
  color: var(--primary);
}

.hero-lede {
  max-width: 51rem;
  margin: 2.6rem 0 0;
  color: var(--muted);
  font-family: var(--display);
  font-size: clamp(1.15rem, 2.2vw, 1.65rem);
  line-height: 1.45;
}

.hero-actions {
  display: flex;
  flex-wrap: wrap;
  gap: 0.7rem;
  margin-top: 2.2rem;
}

.button {
  display: inline-flex;
  min-height: 3rem;
  align-items: center;
  justify-content: center;
  gap: 0.55rem;
  padding: 0.78rem 1rem;
  border: 1px solid var(--line);
  font-size: 0.72rem;
  font-weight: 600;
  letter-spacing: 0.11em;
  line-height: 1.25;
  text-decoration: none;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  transition: background-color 160ms ease, border-color 160ms ease, color 160ms ease, transform 160ms ease;
}

.button:hover {
  transform: translateY(-1px);
}

.button-primary {
  border-color: var(--primary);
  background: var(--primary);
  color: #001014;
}

.button-primary:hover {
  background: var(--primary-soft);
}

.button-secondary {
  color: var(--primary-soft);
}

.button-secondary:hover {
  border-color: var(--primary);
  background: rgba(0, 229, 255, 0.07);
}

.hero-verdict {
  padding: 1.35rem 0 0 1.35rem;
  border-top: 1px solid rgba(0, 229, 255, 0.18);
  border-left: 2px solid rgba(0, 229, 255, 0.36);
  background: rgba(41, 42, 47, 0.17);
  box-shadow: 0 1.5rem 4rem rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2);
}

.hero-verdict > p:not(.label) {
  margin: 1rem 1.35rem 0 0;
  font-family: var(--display);
  font-size: clamp(1.35rem, 2.4vw, 2rem);
  font-weight: 600;
  letter-spacing: -0.03em;
  line-height: 1.08;
}

.hero-verdict .verdict-failure {
  color: var(--warning);
}

.hero-meta {
  margin: 1.5rem 0 0;
}

.hero-meta div {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: 5.5rem 1fr;
  gap: 0.8rem;
  padding: 0.8rem 1.35rem 0.8rem 0;
  border-top: 1px solid var(--line-soft);
  font-size: 0.7rem;
  line-height: 1.5;
}

.hero-meta dt {
  color: var(--muted);
  text-transform: uppercase;
}

.hero-meta dd {
  margin: 0;
  color: var(--text);
}

.record-nav {
  position: sticky;
  z-index: 8;
  top: 0;
  border-top: 1px solid var(--line-soft);
  border-bottom: 1px solid var(--line-soft);
  background: rgba(13, 14, 19, 0.92);
  backdrop-filter: blur(12px);
}

.record-nav-inner {
  display: flex;
  width: min(100%, var(--content));
  margin: 0 auto;
  padding: 0 var(--gutter);
  overflow-x: auto;
  scrollbar-width: none;
}

.record-nav-inner::-webkit-scrollbar {
  display: none;
}

.record-nav a {
  flex: 0 0 auto;
  padding: 0.95rem 1.4rem 0.9rem 0;
  color: var(--muted);
  font-size: 0.65rem;
  letter-spacing: 0.12em;
  text-decoration: none;
  text-transform: uppercase;
}

.record-nav a:hover {
  color: var(--primary);
}

.record {
  overflow: clip;
}

.chapter,
.reading-section,
.evidence-note {
  width: min(100%, var(--content));
  margin: 0 auto;
  padding-right: var(--gutter);
  padding-left: var(--gutter);
}

.chapter {
  padding-top: clamp(5rem, 10vw, 9rem);
  padding-bottom: clamp(5rem, 10vw, 9rem);
}

.chapter + .chapter {
  border-top: 1px solid var(--line-soft);
}

.chapter-heading {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: minmax(9rem, 0.33fr) minmax(0, 1fr);
  gap: 2rem;
  align-items: start;
  margin-bottom: clamp(3rem, 7vw, 6rem);
}

.chapter-heading h2,
.projection-quote h2,
.reading-copy h2 {
  margin: 0;
  font-family: var(--display);
  font-size: clamp(2.6rem, 6.5vw, 6rem);
  font-weight: 600;
  letter-spacing: -0.055em;
  line-height: 0.98;
}

.reading-grid {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 1.35fr) minmax(16rem, 0.65fr);
  gap: clamp(2rem, 7vw, 6rem);
  align-items: start;
}

.prose {
  max-width: var(--reading);
  color: var(--muted);
}

.prose p {
  margin: 0 0 1.35rem;
}

.prose-lead > p:first-of-type {
  color: var(--text);
  font-family: var(--display);
  font-size: 1.25rem;
  line-height: 1.5;
}

.prose blockquote,
.witness {
  margin: 2rem 0;
  color: var(--text);
  font-family: var(--display);
  font-size: clamp(1.45rem, 3.1vw, 2.35rem);
  font-weight: 500;
  letter-spacing: -0.035em;
  line-height: 1.22;
}

.ownership {
  border-top: 1px solid rgba(0, 229, 255, 0.22);
  border-left: 2px solid rgba(0, 229, 255, 0.34);
  background: rgba(41, 42, 47, 0.18);
}

.ownership > .label {
  padding: 1.1rem;
}

.ownership-row {
  padding: 1.1rem;
  border-top: 1px solid var(--line-soft);
}

.ownership-row span {
  color: var(--primary-soft);
  font-family: var(--display);
  font-size: 1.2rem;
  font-weight: 600;
}

.ownership-row p {
  margin: 0.45rem 0 0;
  color: var(--muted);
  font-size: 0.77rem;
  line-height: 1.65;
}

.identity-boundary {
  margin-top: clamp(4rem, 8vw, 7rem);
  padding: clamp(1.4rem, 4vw, 2.5rem);
  border: 1px solid var(--line-soft);
  background: rgba(3, 4, 7, 0.62);
}

.identity-boundary h3 {
  max-width: 26ch;
  margin: 0.7rem 0 0;
  font-family: var(--display);
  font-size: clamp(1.8rem, 4vw, 3.2rem);
  letter-spacing: -0.045em;
  line-height: 1.05;
}

.identity-flow {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: repeat(4, minmax(0, 1fr));
  gap: 2rem;
  margin-top: 3rem;
  counter-reset: flow;
}

.identity-flow > div {
  position: relative;
  min-height: 9rem;
  padding: 1rem 0 0;
  border-top: 2px solid var(--primary);
}

.identity-flow strong,
.identity-flow span:not(.flow-arrow) {
  display: block;
}

.identity-flow strong {
  color: var(--text);
  font-family: var(--display);
  font-size: 1.05rem;
}

.identity-flow span:not(.flow-arrow) {
  margin-top: 0.55rem;
  color: var(--muted);
  font-size: 0.72rem;
  line-height: 1.55;
}

.flow-arrow {
  display: none;
}

.boundary-note {
  max-width: 64rem;
  margin: 1.75rem 0 0;
  padding-top: 1.5rem;
  border-top: 1px solid var(--line-soft);
  color: var(--muted);
  font-size: 0.82rem;
}

.versions-grid {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: repeat(2, minmax(0, 1fr));
  gap: 1px;
  background: var(--line-soft);
  border: 1px solid var(--line-soft);
}

.operator-artifact figcaption a {
  color: var(--primary-soft);
  text-underline-offset: 0.2em;
}

.version {
  padding: clamp(1.4rem, 4vw, 2.6rem);
  background: rgba(13, 14, 19, 0.97);
}

.version h3,
.perception-gap h3,
.outcome h3 {
  margin: 0.85rem 0 1.5rem;
  font-family: var(--display);
  font-size: clamp(1.8rem, 3.8vw, 3rem);
  font-weight: 600;
  letter-spacing: -0.045em;
  line-height: 1.05;
}

.version > p {
  color: var(--muted);
}

.witness {
  padding-left: 1rem;
  border-left: 2px solid var(--warning);
}

.artifact,
.phone-artifact {
  margin: 2.5rem 0 0;
}

.artifact img {
  width: 100%;
  height: auto;
  border: 1px solid var(--line-soft);
  background: #000;
}

figcaption {
  margin-top: 0.8rem;
  color: var(--muted);
  font-size: 0.67rem;
  line-height: 1.55;
}

.phone-artifact {
  display: grid;
  justify-items: center;
}

.phone-shell {
  display: grid;
  width: min(100%, 22rem);
  min-height: 33rem;
  grid-template-rows: auto auto 1fr auto;
  padding: 1.25rem;
  border: 1px solid rgba(62, 232, 255, 0.22);
  background:
    linear-gradient(90deg, transparent 49.9%, rgba(62, 232, 255, 0.025) 50%, transparent 50.1%),
    #07090d;
  box-shadow: 0 1.4rem 3.8rem rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3);
  font-family: ui-sans-serif, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", sans-serif;
}

.phone-topline,
.phone-footer {
  color: #3ee8ff;
  font-size: 0.63rem;
  letter-spacing: 0.17em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
}

.phone-topline {
  padding-top: 0.75rem;
  border-top: 1px solid rgba(125, 231, 243, 0.22);
}

.phone-title {
  max-width: 10ch;
  margin-top: 0.65rem;
  color: #eef7f8;
  font-size: 2rem;
  font-weight: 650;
  letter-spacing: -0.05em;
  line-height: 0.96;
}

.phone-state {
  align-self: center;
}

.phone-state p {
  margin: 0.9rem 0 0;
  color: #eef7f8;
  font-size: 1.35rem;
  letter-spacing: -0.025em;
  line-height: 1.2;
}

.phone-state small {
  display: block;
  margin-top: 0.55rem;
  color: #93a8ad;
  font-size: 0.88rem;
  line-height: 1.5;
}

.phone-signal {
  display: block;
  width: 0.65rem;
  height: 0.65rem;
  border-radius: 50%;
  background: #3ee8ff;
  box-shadow: 0 0 1.2rem rgba(62, 232, 255, 0.65);
}

.phone-footer {
  align-self: end;
  color: #93a8ad;
  letter-spacing: 0.1em;
}

.phone-artifact figcaption {
  width: min(100%, 22rem);
}

.fault-note {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: minmax(10rem, 0.3fr) minmax(0, 1fr);
  gap: 2rem;
  margin-top: 1px;
  padding: 1.5rem;
  border-left: 2px solid var(--warning);
  background: rgba(255, 211, 111, 0.06);
}

.fault-note .label,
.outcome-experience .label {
  color: var(--warning);
}

.fault-note > p:last-child {
  max-width: 50rem;
  margin: 0;
  color: var(--text);
  font-family: var(--display);
  font-size: clamp(1.15rem, 2.3vw, 1.6rem);
  line-height: 1.35;
}

.trace {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: repeat(6, minmax(0, 1fr));
  gap: 1px;
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0;
  background: var(--line-soft);
  border: 1px solid var(--line-soft);
  list-style: none;
}

.trace li {
  min-height: 18rem;
  padding: 1.3rem;
  background: rgba(13, 14, 19, 0.98);
}

.trace-index {
  display: block;
  color: var(--primary);
  font-size: 0.67rem;
  letter-spacing: 0.16em;
}

.trace strong {
  display: block;
  margin-top: 3.2rem;
  font-family: var(--display);
  font-size: 1.15rem;
  line-height: 1.15;
}

.trace p {
  margin: 0.8rem 0 0;
  color: var(--muted);
  font-size: 0.72rem;
  line-height: 1.6;
}

.perception-gap {
  margin-top: clamp(4rem, 8vw, 7rem);
}

.causality-trace {
  margin: 0;
}

.causality-panel {
  position: relative;
  overflow: hidden;
  padding: clamp(1rem, 2.5vw, 1.8rem);
  border: 1px solid var(--line-soft);
  background:
    linear-gradient(rgba(0, 229, 255, 0.035) 1px, transparent 1px),
    linear-gradient(90deg, rgba(0, 229, 255, 0.035) 1px, transparent 1px),
    rgba(3, 4, 7, 0.88);
  background-size: 46px 46px, 46px 46px, auto;
}

.causality-panel::after {
  position: absolute;
  inset: 0;
  pointer-events: none;
  content: "";
  background: linear-gradient(110deg, transparent 0 48%, rgba(0, 229, 255, 0.035) 50%, transparent 52% 100%);
}

.causality-lane {
  position: relative;
  z-index: 1;
  padding: clamp(1rem, 2vw, 1.4rem);
  border: 1px solid var(--line-soft);
  background: rgba(13, 14, 19, 0.86);
}

.causality-lane + .causality-lane {
  margin-top: 1px;
}

.causality-lane-heading {
  display: flex;
  justify-content: space-between;
  gap: 1rem;
  margin-bottom: 1rem;
  color: var(--primary);
  font-size: 0.62rem;
  letter-spacing: 0.15em;
  line-height: 1.3;
  text-transform: uppercase;
}

.causality-lane-heading span:last-child {
  color: var(--muted);
}

.causality-lane-public .causality-lane-heading,
.causality-lane-public .causality-lane-heading span:last-child {
  color: var(--warning);
}

.causality-track {
  display: grid;
  align-items: center;
  min-width: 0;
}

.causality-track-system {
  grid-template-columns: minmax(6.5rem, 1fr) minmax(1.5rem, 0.42fr) minmax(7.5rem, 1fr) minmax(1.5rem, 0.42fr) minmax(6.5rem, 1fr) minmax(1.5rem, 0.42fr) minmax(7.5rem, 1fr);
  gap: clamp(0.45rem, 1vw, 0.8rem);
}

.causality-track-public {
  grid-template-columns: minmax(6.5rem, 0.9fr) minmax(1.5rem, 0.38fr) minmax(8.5rem, 1.15fr) minmax(6rem, 1fr) minmax(8rem, 1fr);
  gap: clamp(0.45rem, 1vw, 0.8rem);
}

.causality-node {
  display: grid;
  align-content: space-between;
  gap: 0.65rem;
  min-width: 0;
  min-height: 5rem;
  padding: 0.7rem 0.8rem;
  border: 1px solid rgba(0, 229, 255, 0.35);
  background: rgba(0, 229, 255, 0.055);
  box-shadow: inset 0 0 1.5rem rgba(0, 229, 255, 0.025);
}

.causality-node small,
.causality-node strong {
  display: block;
  min-width: 0;
  overflow-wrap: anywhere;
  text-transform: uppercase;
}

.causality-node small {
  color: var(--muted);
  font-size: 0.52rem;
  font-weight: 400;
  letter-spacing: 0.12em;
  line-height: 1.3;
}

.causality-node strong {
  color: var(--primary-soft);
  font-size: clamp(0.66rem, 0.9vw, 0.78rem);
  font-weight: 600;
  letter-spacing: 0.08em;
  line-height: 1.35;
}

.causality-node-input {
  border-left: 2px solid var(--primary);
}

.causality-node-blind {
  border-color: rgba(255, 211, 111, 0.58);
  background: rgba(255, 211, 111, 0.065);
}

.causality-node-blind strong,
.causality-node-blind small {
  color: var(--warning);
}

.causality-link-system,
.causality-link-quiet {
  position: relative;
  height: 2px;
  overflow: hidden;
  background: var(--line);
}

.causality-link-system::after {
  position: absolute;
  inset: 0;
  content: "";
  transform: scaleX(1);
  transform-origin: left;
  background: var(--primary);
  box-shadow: 0 0 0.8rem rgba(0, 229, 255, 0.85);
}

.causality-link-broken {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: 1fr auto 1fr;
  gap: 0.55rem;
  align-items: center;
  min-width: 0;
  color: var(--warning);
}

.causality-link-broken i {
  min-width: 0;
  border-top: 1px dashed rgba(255, 211, 111, 0.7);
}

.causality-link-broken em {
  color: var(--warning);
  font-size: 0.5rem;
  font-style: normal;
  letter-spacing: 0.1em;
  line-height: 1.35;
  text-align: center;
  text-transform: uppercase;
}

.causality-trace-armed .causality-link-system::after {
  transform: scaleX(0);
}

.causality-trace-armed .causality-node-judgement,
.causality-trace-armed .causality-node-branch,
.causality-trace-armed .causality-node-ending,
.causality-trace-armed .causality-node-late {
  opacity: 0.34;
  border-color: var(--line-soft);
  background: rgba(41, 42, 47, 0.15);
  box-shadow: none;
}

.causality-trace-active .causality-link-one::after {
  animation: causality-link-on 0.65s cubic-bezier(0.22, 1, 0.36, 1) 0.25s forwards;
}

.causality-trace-active .causality-node-judgement {
  animation: causality-node-on 0.42s ease-out 0.88s forwards;
}

.causality-trace-active .causality-link-two::after {
  animation: causality-link-on 0.65s cubic-bezier(0.22, 1, 0.36, 1) 1.25s forwards;
}

.causality-trace-active .causality-node-branch {
  animation: causality-node-on 0.42s ease-out 1.88s forwards;
}

.causality-trace-active .causality-link-three::after {
  animation: causality-link-on 0.65s cubic-bezier(0.22, 1, 0.36, 1) 2.25s forwards;
}

.causality-trace-active .causality-node-ending {
  animation: causality-node-on 0.42s ease-out 2.88s forwards;
}

.causality-trace-active .causality-node-late {
  animation: causality-late-on 0.7s ease-out 3.55s forwards;
}

@keyframes causality-link-on {
  from { transform: scaleX(0); }
  to { transform: scaleX(1); }
}

@keyframes causality-link-on-vertical {
  from { transform: scaleY(0); }
  to { transform: scaleY(1); }
}

@keyframes causality-node-on {
  0% {
    opacity: 0.34;
    border-color: var(--line-soft);
    background: rgba(41, 42, 47, 0.15);
    box-shadow: none;
  }
  55% {
    opacity: 1;
    border-color: var(--primary);
    background: rgba(0, 229, 255, 0.1);
    box-shadow: 0 0 1.4rem rgba(0, 229, 255, 0.22);
  }
  100% {
    opacity: 1;
    border-color: rgba(0, 229, 255, 0.35);
    background: rgba(0, 229, 255, 0.055);
    box-shadow: inset 0 0 1.5rem rgba(0, 229, 255, 0.025);
  }
}

@keyframes causality-late-on {
  0% {
    opacity: 0.34;
    border-color: var(--line-soft);
    background: rgba(41, 42, 47, 0.15);
  }
  60% {
    opacity: 1;
    border-color: var(--primary);
    background: rgba(0, 229, 255, 0.09);
    box-shadow: 0 0 1.6rem rgba(0, 229, 255, 0.2);
  }
  100% {
    opacity: 1;
    border-color: rgba(0, 229, 255, 0.35);
    background: rgba(0, 229, 255, 0.055);
    box-shadow: inset 0 0 1.5rem rgba(0, 229, 255, 0.025);
  }
}

.perception-copy {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: minmax(16rem, 0.82fr) minmax(0, 1.18fr);
  gap: clamp(2rem, 7vw, 7rem);
  align-items: start;
  margin-top: clamp(2.5rem, 5vw, 4.5rem);
}

.perception-gap h3 {
  margin-bottom: 1rem;
}

.perception-copy > p {
  margin: 0;
  max-width: 42rem;
  color: var(--muted);
}

.metrics {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: repeat(5, minmax(0, 1fr));
  gap: 1px;
  margin-top: clamp(4rem, 8vw, 7rem);
  background: var(--line-soft);
  border: 1px solid var(--line-soft);
}

.metric {
  min-height: 12rem;
  padding: 1.25rem;
  background: rgba(26, 27, 33, 0.9);
}

.metric strong,
.metric span,
.metric small {
  display: block;
}

.metric strong {
  color: var(--primary-soft);
  font-family: var(--display);
  font-size: clamp(2rem, 4vw, 3.7rem);
  letter-spacing: -0.05em;
  line-height: 1;
}

.metric span {
  margin-top: 2rem;
  color: var(--text);
  font-size: 0.72rem;
  line-height: 1.4;
  text-transform: uppercase;
}

.metric small {
  margin-top: 0.45rem;
  color: var(--muted);
  font-size: 0.63rem;
  line-height: 1.45;
}

.metric-alert strong,
.metric-alert span {
  color: var(--warning);
}

.metrics-note {
  margin: 1rem 0 0;
  color: var(--muted);
  font-size: 0.68rem;
}

.live-grid {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 1.3fr) minmax(18rem, 0.7fr);
  gap: clamp(2rem, 6vw, 5rem);
  align-items: start;
}

.artifact-large {
  margin: 0;
}

.verdict-section {
  padding: 0 0 clamp(5rem, 10vw, 9rem);
  border-top: 1px solid var(--line-soft);
}

.projection-quote {
  padding: clamp(5rem, 11vw, 10rem) max(var(--gutter), calc((100vw - var(--content)) / 2 + var(--gutter)));
  background: var(--surface-pure);
}

.projection-quote h2 {
  max-width: 18ch;
  margin-top: 2rem;
  color: #f2f5f6;
  font-family: ui-sans-serif, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", sans-serif;
  font-size: clamp(3rem, 8.5vw, 8rem);
  font-weight: 650;
  letter-spacing: -0.065em;
  line-height: 0.96;
}

.outcome-grid,
.frank-observation,
.final-assessment {
  width: min(100%, var(--content));
  margin-right: auto;
  margin-left: auto;
  padding-right: var(--gutter);
  padding-left: var(--gutter);
}

.outcome-grid {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: repeat(2, minmax(0, 1fr));
  gap: 1px;
  padding-top: clamp(4rem, 8vw, 7rem);
}

.outcome {
  min-height: 29rem;
  padding: clamp(1.5rem, 4vw, 2.8rem);
  border: 1px solid var(--line-soft);
  background: rgba(26, 27, 33, 0.72);
}

.outcome + .outcome {
  border-left: 0;
}

.outcome ul,
.remains-grid ul {
  margin: 2rem 0 0;
  padding: 0;
  list-style: none;
}

.outcome li,
.remains-grid li {
  padding: 0.75rem 0;
  border-top: 1px solid var(--line-soft);
  color: var(--muted);
  font-size: 0.79rem;
  line-height: 1.5;
}

.outcome-system {
  border-top-color: rgba(154, 255, 232, 0.5);
}

.outcome-system .label {
  color: var(--tertiary);
}

.outcome-experience {
  border-top-color: rgba(255, 211, 111, 0.6);
}

.frank-observation {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: 0.4fr 0.65fr 0.95fr;
  gap: clamp(2rem, 6vw, 5rem);
  align-items: start;
  padding-top: clamp(5rem, 10vw, 9rem);
  padding-bottom: clamp(5rem, 10vw, 9rem);
}

.frank-observation blockquote {
  margin: 0;
  color: var(--warning);
  font-family: var(--display);
  font-size: clamp(2.6rem, 6vw, 5.5rem);
  font-weight: 600;
  letter-spacing: -0.06em;
  line-height: 0.94;
}

.frank-observation > p:last-child {
  margin: 0;
  color: var(--muted);
}

.final-assessment {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: repeat(2, minmax(0, 1fr));
  gap: 1px;
}

.final-assessment p {
  margin: 0;
  padding: clamp(1.5rem, 4vw, 3rem);
  border: 1px solid var(--line-soft);
  background: rgba(41, 42, 47, 0.18);
  font-family: var(--display);
  font-size: clamp(1.45rem, 3.5vw, 2.7rem);
  font-weight: 500;
  letter-spacing: -0.04em;
  line-height: 1.18;
}

.final-assessment .assessment-cut {
  border-left: 0;
  color: var(--warning);
}

.remains-grid {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: repeat(2, minmax(0, 1fr));
  gap: clamp(2rem, 7vw, 7rem);
}

.remains-grid article:last-child .label {
  color: var(--warning);
}

.closing-law {
  max-width: 27ch;
  margin: clamp(5rem, 10vw, 9rem) 0 0 auto;
  padding-left: 1.2rem;
  border-left: 2px solid var(--primary);
  color: var(--text);
  font-family: var(--display);
  font-size: clamp(2rem, 5vw, 4.6rem);
  font-weight: 500;
  letter-spacing: -0.055em;
  line-height: 1.02;
}

.reading-section {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 1fr) minmax(18rem, 0.62fr);
  gap: clamp(2rem, 7vw, 7rem);
  align-items: end;
  padding-top: clamp(4rem, 8vw, 7rem);
  padding-bottom: clamp(4rem, 8vw, 7rem);
  border-top: 1px solid var(--line-soft);
}

.reading-copy h2 {
  max-width: 12ch;
  margin-top: 1.2rem;
}

.reading-copy > p:last-child {
  max-width: 43rem;
  margin: 1.5rem 0 0;
  color: var(--muted);
}

.publication-card {
  display: grid;
  gap: 3.5rem;
  min-height: 22rem;
  padding: 1.5rem;
  border-top: 1px solid rgba(0, 229, 255, 0.22);
  border-left: 2px solid rgba(0, 229, 255, 0.4);
  background: rgba(41, 42, 47, 0.22);
  color: var(--text);
  text-decoration: none;
  transition: background-color 160ms ease, transform 160ms ease;
}

.publication-card:hover {
  transform: translateY(-1px);
  background: rgba(41, 42, 47, 0.38);
}

.publication-card strong {
  align-self: center;
  font-family: var(--display);
  font-size: clamp(1.8rem, 4vw, 3rem);
  letter-spacing: -0.045em;
  line-height: 1.04;
}

.publication-card > span:last-child,
.publication-type {
  color: var(--primary);
  font-size: 0.69rem;
  letter-spacing: 0.14em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
}

.evidence-note {
  padding-top: clamp(5rem, 10vw, 9rem);
  padding-bottom: clamp(5rem, 10vw, 9rem);
  border-top: 1px solid var(--line-soft);
}

.evidence-note h2 {
  max-width: 14ch;
  margin: 0;
  color: var(--text);
  font-family: var(--display);
  font-size: clamp(2.6rem, 6.5vw, 6rem);
  font-weight: 600;
  letter-spacing: -0.055em;
  line-height: 0.98;
}

.evidence-note > div {
  max-width: var(--reading);
  padding: 2rem 0 0;
  color: var(--muted);
  font-size: 0.8rem;
}

.evidence-note > div p {
  margin: 0 0 1.2rem;
}

.page-footer {
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  justify-content: space-between;
  gap: 1rem;
  width: min(100%, calc(var(--content) + (2 * var(--gutter))));
  margin: 0 auto;
  padding: 1.5rem var(--gutter) 2.5rem;
  border-top: 1px solid var(--line-soft);
  color: var(--muted);
  font-size: 0.66rem;
  letter-spacing: 0.12em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
}

.page-footer > div {
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  gap: 0.7rem;
}

.page-footer a {
  color: var(--primary-soft);
}

@media (max-width: 70rem) {
  .trace,
  .metrics {
    grid-template-columns: repeat(3, minmax(0, 1fr));
  }

  .trace li,
  .metric {
    min-height: 14rem;
  }

  .identity-flow {
    grid-template-columns: repeat(2, minmax(0, 1fr));
  }
}

@media (max-width: 56rem) {
  .hero {
    min-height: auto;
  }

  .hero-grid,
  .reading-grid,
  .live-grid,
  .reading-section {
    grid-template-columns: 1fr;
  }

  .hero-verdict {
    max-width: 38rem;
  }

  .chapter-heading {
    grid-template-columns: 1fr;
    gap: 1.3rem;
  }

  .chapter-heading h2 {
    max-width: 15ch;
  }

  .ownership {
    max-width: 38rem;
  }

  .versions-grid,
  .outcome-grid,
  .final-assessment,
  .remains-grid {
    grid-template-columns: 1fr;
  }

  .outcome + .outcome,
  .final-assessment .assessment-cut {
    border-top: 0;
    border-left: 1px solid var(--line-soft);
  }

  .frank-observation {
    grid-template-columns: 1fr;
  }

  .publication-card {
    max-width: 38rem;
  }
}

@media (max-width: 42rem) {
  body {
    font-size: 0.95rem;
  }

  .site-header {
    align-items: flex-start;
  }

  .site-state {
    max-width: 12rem;
  }

  .hero {
    padding-top: 4rem;
  }

  .hero h1 {
    font-size: clamp(3.55rem, 18vw, 6rem);
    line-height: 0.82;
  }

  .hero-actions {
    display: grid;
  }

  .button {
    width: 100%;
  }

  .record-nav a {
    padding-right: 1.1rem;
  }

  .identity-flow,
  .trace,
  .metrics {
    grid-template-columns: 1fr;
  }

  .identity-flow > div {
    min-height: 0;
  }

  .trace li,
  .metric {
    min-height: 0;
  }

  .trace strong {
    margin-top: 1.7rem;
  }

  .metric span {
    margin-top: 1.4rem;
  }

  .fault-note,
  .perception-copy {
    grid-template-columns: 1fr;
  }

  .causality-track-system,
  .causality-track-public {
    grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 1fr);
    gap: 0;
  }

  .causality-node {
    min-height: 4.25rem;
  }

  .causality-link-system,
  .causality-link-quiet {
    width: 2px;
    height: 1.75rem;
    justify-self: center;
  }

  .causality-link-system::after {
    transform: scaleY(1);
    transform-origin: top;
  }

  .causality-trace-armed .causality-link-system::after {
    transform: scaleY(0);
  }

  .causality-trace-active .causality-link-system::after {
    animation-name: causality-link-on-vertical;
  }

  .causality-link-broken {
    grid-template-columns: 1fr;
    justify-items: center;
    gap: 0.35rem;
    min-height: 3.8rem;
    padding: 0.4rem 0;
  }

  .causality-link-broken i {
    width: 1px;
    height: 0.8rem;
    border-top: 0;
    border-left: 1px dashed rgba(255, 211, 111, 0.7);
  }

  .causality-lane-heading {
    align-items: flex-start;
    flex-direction: column;
    gap: 0.35rem;
  }

  .projection-quote {
    padding-top: 5rem;
    padding-bottom: 5rem;
  }

  .projection-quote h2 {
    font-size: clamp(2.75rem, 14vw, 5rem);
  }

  .closing-law {
    margin-left: 0;
  }

  .page-footer {
    align-items: flex-start;
    flex-direction: column;
  }
}

@media (max-width: 22rem) {
  .hero h1 {
    font-size: 16vw;
  }
}

@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
  html {
    scroll-behavior: auto;
  }

  *,
  *::before,
  *::after {
    scroll-behavior: auto !important;
    transition-duration: 0.01ms !important;
  }

  .causality-link-system::after,
  .causality-node-judgement,
  .causality-node-branch,
  .causality-node-ending,
  .causality-node-late {
    animation: none !important;
  }

  .causality-trace-armed .causality-link-system::after {
    transform: none !important;
  }

  .causality-trace-armed .causality-node-judgement,
  .causality-trace-armed .causality-node-branch,
  .causality-trace-armed .causality-node-ending,
  .causality-trace-armed .causality-node-late {
    opacity: 1;
    border-color: rgba(0, 229, 255, 0.35);
    background: rgba(0, 229, 255, 0.055);
    box-shadow: inset 0 0 1.5rem rgba(0, 229, 255, 0.025);
  }
}

@media print {
  :root {
    color-scheme: light;
  }

  body {
    background: #fff;
    color: #111;
  }

  .site-header,
  .record-nav,
  .hero-actions,
  .page-footer {
    display: none;
  }

  .causality-link-system::after,
  .causality-node-judgement,
  .causality-node-branch,
  .causality-node-ending,
  .causality-node-late {
    animation: none !important;
  }

  .causality-trace-armed .causality-link-system::after {
    transform: none !important;
  }

  .causality-trace-armed .causality-node-judgement,
  .causality-trace-armed .causality-node-branch,
  .causality-trace-armed .causality-node-ending,
  .causality-trace-armed .causality-node-late {
    opacity: 1;
    border-color: rgba(0, 229, 255, 0.35);
    background: rgba(0, 229, 255, 0.055);
    box-shadow: inset 0 0 1.5rem rgba(0, 229, 255, 0.025);
  }

  .hero,
  .chapter,
  .reading-section,
  .evidence-note,
  .verdict-section {
    padding-top: 2rem;
    padding-bottom: 2rem;
  }

  .hero-verdict,
  .ownership,
  .identity-boundary,
  .version,
  .trace li,
  .metric,
  .outcome,
  .final-assessment p,
  .publication-card,
  .projection-quote {
    border-color: #999;
    background: #fff;
    color: #111;
    box-shadow: none;
  }

  .hero-lede,
  .prose,
  .version > p,
  .trace p,
  .metric small,
  .frank-observation > p:last-child,
  .reading-copy > p:last-child,
  .boundary-note,
  .outcome li,
  .remains-grid li,
  figcaption {
    color: #333;
  }
}