:root {
  --raven: #0C0A08;
  --bone: #F2ECDD;
  --aurum: #B5894A;
  --aurum-deep: #8F6A34;
  --patina: #4A5247;
  --cinnabar: #8A2A1A;
  --bone-dim: #E5DECC;
  --ink-soft: #2A2622;
}

* { margin: 0; padding: 0; box-sizing: border-box; }

html { scroll-behavior: smooth; }

body {
  background: var(--bone);
  color: var(--raven);
  font-family: 'Cormorant Garamond', 'EB Garamond', Georgia, serif;
  font-weight: 400;
  font-size: 18px;
  line-height: 1.55;
  overflow-x: hidden;
  font-feature-settings: "liga" 1, "onum" 1;
}

body::before {
  content: "";
  position: fixed;
  inset: 0;
  pointer-events: none;
  z-index: 100;
  opacity: 0.06;
  mix-blend-mode: multiply;
  background-image: url("data:image/svg+xml;utf8,<svg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' width='240' height='240'><filter id='n'><feTurbulence baseFrequency='0.9' numOctaves='3' stitchTiles='stitch' seed='4'/><feColorMatrix values='0 0 0 0 0.05 0 0 0 0 0.04 0 0 0 0 0.03 0 0 0 1 0'/></filter><rect width='100%' height='100%' filter='url(%23n)'/></svg>");
}

body::after {
  content: "";
  position: fixed;
  inset: 0;
  pointer-events: none;
  z-index: 99;
  background: radial-gradient(ellipse at center, transparent 40%, rgba(12,10,8,0.12) 100%);
}

.display {
  font-family: 'Cormorant SC', 'Trajan Pro', serif;
  font-weight: 500;
  letter-spacing: 0.18em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
}

.mono {
  font-family: 'JetBrains Mono', 'Courier New', monospace;
  font-weight: 300;
  letter-spacing: 0.08em;
}

.italic { font-style: italic; }

/* ━━━ MASTHEAD ━━━ */
.masthead {
  position: fixed;
  top: 0; left: 0; right: 0;
  z-index: 50;
  padding: 1.75rem 3rem;
  display: flex;
  justify-content: space-between;
  align-items: center;
  background: linear-gradient(to bottom, rgba(242,236,221,0.95) 60%, rgba(242,236,221,0));
  backdrop-filter: blur(4px);
}

.masthead-mark {
  display: flex;
  align-items: baseline;
  gap: 0.8rem;
  font-family: 'Cormorant SC', serif;
  font-size: 0.85rem;
  letter-spacing: 0.24em;
  font-weight: 500;
  text-decoration: none;
  color: var(--raven);
}

.masthead-mark .ligature {
  font-family: 'Cormorant Garamond', serif;
  font-weight: 500;
  font-size: 1.4rem;
  color: var(--raven);
  font-style: italic;
  letter-spacing: 0;
  line-height: 1;
  position: relative;
  top: 2px;
}

.masthead-mark .ligature::after {
  content: "•";
  color: var(--aurum);
  font-size: 0.5rem;
  position: absolute;
  top: -2px;
  right: -8px;
}

.masthead-nav {
  display: flex;
  gap: 2.5rem;
  font-family: 'Cormorant SC', serif;
  font-size: 0.72rem;
  letter-spacing: 0.28em;
  font-weight: 500;
}

.masthead-nav a {
  color: var(--ink-soft);
  text-decoration: none;
  position: relative;
  transition: color 0.3s;
}

.masthead-nav a:hover { color: var(--aurum-deep); }

.masthead-nav a.active { color: var(--aurum-deep); }

.masthead-nav a::after {
  content: "";
  position: absolute;
  bottom: -6px; left: 50%;
  width: 0; height: 1px;
  background: var(--aurum);
  transition: width 0.3s, left 0.3s;
}

.masthead-nav a:hover::after,
.masthead-nav a.active::after { width: 100%; left: 0; }

/* ━━━ HERO ━━━ */
.hero {
  min-height: 100vh;
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr;
  align-items: center;
  padding: 8rem 3rem 4rem;
  gap: 4rem;
  position: relative;
}

.hero::before {
  content: "CORVVS · AVRVM · CORVVS · AVRVM · CORVVS · AVRVM · CORVVS · AVRVM · ";
  position: absolute;
  top: 6.5rem; left: 0; right: 0;
  white-space: nowrap;
  overflow: hidden;
  font-family: 'Cormorant SC', serif;
  font-size: 0.65rem;
  letter-spacing: 0.5em;
  color: var(--aurum);
  opacity: 0.35;
  padding: 0.5rem 3rem;
  border-top: 1px solid rgba(181,137,74,0.25);
  border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(181,137,74,0.25);
}

.hero-text {
  animation: fadeUp 1.4s cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.7, 0.3, 1) both;
}

.hero-eyebrow {
  font-family: 'Cormorant SC', serif;
  font-size: 0.72rem;
  letter-spacing: 0.32em;
  font-weight: 500;
  color: var(--aurum-deep);
  margin-bottom: 2rem;
  display: inline-block;
  padding-bottom: 0.6rem;
  border-bottom: 1px solid var(--aurum);
}

.hero h1 {
  font-family: 'Cormorant Garamond', serif;
  font-size: clamp(3.2rem, 6.5vw, 6.2rem);
  font-weight: 400;
  line-height: 0.92;
  letter-spacing: -0.015em;
  margin-bottom: 2rem;
  color: var(--raven);
}

.hero h1 .italic {
  color: var(--aurum-deep);
  font-weight: 500;
}

.hero h1 .amp {
  font-family: 'Cormorant Garamond', serif;
  font-style: italic;
  font-weight: 400;
  color: var(--aurum);
}

.hero-lede {
  font-size: 1.25rem;
  line-height: 1.55;
  color: var(--ink-soft);
  max-width: 38ch;
  margin-bottom: 2.5rem;
  font-weight: 400;
}

.hero-motto {
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  gap: 1rem;
  font-family: 'Cormorant SC', serif;
  font-size: 0.85rem;
  letter-spacing: 0.28em;
  font-weight: 500;
  color: var(--raven);
}

.hero-motto .dot {
  width: 5px; height: 5px;
  background: var(--aurum);
  border-radius: 50%;
  box-shadow: 0 0 0 4px rgba(181,137,74,0.15);
}

.hero-motto .en {
  color: var(--patina);
  font-style: italic;
  font-family: 'Cormorant Garamond', serif;
  text-transform: none;
  letter-spacing: 0.05em;
  font-size: 0.95rem;
}

/* ━━━ SEAL ━━━ */
.seal-frame {
  position: relative;
  width: 100%;
  aspect-ratio: 1;
  max-width: 520px;
  margin: 0 auto;
  animation: fadeIn 2.4s ease-out 0.3s both;
}

.seal-svg { width: 100%; height: 100%; }
.seal-svg .ring-outer { fill: none; stroke: var(--aurum); stroke-width: 0.5; }
.seal-svg .ring-text { font-family: 'Cormorant SC', serif; font-size: 10px; letter-spacing: 8px; fill: var(--aurum-deep); font-weight: 500; }
.seal-svg .raven-head { fill: var(--raven); }
.seal-svg .gold-drop { fill: var(--aurum); }

.seal-rotate {
  animation: rotateSlow 120s linear infinite;
  transform-origin: center;
}

@keyframes rotateSlow {
  from { transform: rotate(0deg); }
  to { transform: rotate(360deg); }
}

/* ━━━ DIVIDER ━━━ */
.divider {
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  justify-content: center;
  gap: 1.5rem;
  padding: 5rem 3rem;
  color: var(--aurum);
}

.divider .line {
  flex: 1;
  max-width: 120px;
  height: 1px;
  background: linear-gradient(to right, transparent, var(--aurum), transparent);
}

.divider .glyph {
  font-family: 'Cormorant Garamond', serif;
  font-size: 1.4rem;
  font-style: italic;
  color: var(--aurum);
}

/* ━━━ PAGE HEAD (non-hero pages) ━━━ */
.page-head {
  padding: 10rem 3rem 3rem;
  max-width: 1000px;
  margin: 0 auto;
  text-align: center;
  position: relative;
}

.page-head::before {
  content: "CORVVS · AVRVM · CORVVS · AVRVM · CORVVS · AVRVM · CORVVS · AVRVM · ";
  position: absolute;
  top: 6.5rem; left: 0; right: 0;
  white-space: nowrap;
  overflow: hidden;
  font-family: 'Cormorant SC', serif;
  font-size: 0.65rem;
  letter-spacing: 0.5em;
  color: var(--aurum);
  opacity: 0.35;
  padding: 0.5rem 3rem;
  border-top: 1px solid rgba(181,137,74,0.25);
  border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(181,137,74,0.25);
}

.page-head .section-number {
  display: inline-block;
  font-family: 'JetBrains Mono', monospace;
  font-size: 0.72rem;
  letter-spacing: 0.35em;
  color: var(--aurum-deep);
  margin-bottom: 1.5rem;
  padding-bottom: 0.6rem;
  border-bottom: 1px solid var(--aurum);
}

.page-head h1 {
  font-family: 'Cormorant Garamond', serif;
  font-size: clamp(2.6rem, 5vw, 4.4rem);
  font-weight: 400;
  line-height: 1;
  letter-spacing: -0.01em;
  margin-bottom: 2rem;
  color: var(--raven);
}

.page-head h1 .italic { color: var(--aurum-deep); font-weight: 500; }

.page-head .page-lede {
  font-size: 1.2rem;
  line-height: 1.65;
  color: var(--ink-soft);
  max-width: 56ch;
  margin: 0 auto;
  font-style: italic;
}

/* ━━━ SECTION ━━━ */
.section-number {
  font-family: 'JetBrains Mono', monospace;
  font-size: 0.7rem;
  letter-spacing: 0.3em;
  color: var(--aurum-deep);
  margin-bottom: 1rem;
  display: block;
}

.section-title {
  font-family: 'Cormorant Garamond', serif;
  font-size: clamp(2rem, 3.5vw, 3.2rem);
  font-weight: 400;
  line-height: 1.05;
  letter-spacing: -0.01em;
  margin-bottom: 3rem;
  max-width: 20ch;
}

.section-title .italic { color: var(--aurum-deep); }

/* ━━━ PROSE ━━━ */
.prose {
  max-width: 720px;
  margin: 0 auto;
  padding: 4rem 3rem 6rem;
  font-size: 1.12rem;
  line-height: 1.75;
}

.prose p {
  margin-bottom: 1.4rem;
  color: var(--ink-soft);
}

.prose h2 {
  font-family: 'Cormorant Garamond', serif;
  font-size: 2rem;
  font-weight: 400;
  line-height: 1.15;
  margin: 3.5rem 0 1.4rem;
  color: var(--raven);
  letter-spacing: -0.005em;
}

.prose h2 .italic { color: var(--aurum-deep); }

.prose h3 {
  font-family: 'Cormorant SC', serif;
  font-size: 0.8rem;
  letter-spacing: 0.28em;
  font-weight: 500;
  color: var(--aurum-deep);
  margin: 2.5rem 0 1rem;
  text-transform: uppercase;
}

.prose blockquote {
  border-left: 2px solid var(--aurum);
  padding-left: 1.5rem;
  margin: 1.8rem 0;
  font-style: italic;
  color: var(--patina);
}

.prose em { font-style: italic; color: var(--aurum-deep); }

.prose strong { font-weight: 500; color: var(--raven); }

.prose ul, .prose ol {
  margin: 1rem 0 1.4rem 1.6rem;
  color: var(--ink-soft);
}

.prose li { margin-bottom: 0.5rem; }

.prose a {
  color: var(--aurum-deep);
  text-decoration: none;
  border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(181,137,74,0.4);
  transition: border-color 0.2s;
}

.prose a:hover { border-bottom-color: var(--aurum); }

.prose hr {
  border: none;
  border-top: 1px solid rgba(181,137,74,0.3);
  margin: 3rem 0;
}

.prose-body-two {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr;
  gap: 3rem;
}

/* ━━━ STAGES ━━━ */
.stages {
  background: var(--raven);
  color: var(--bone);
  padding: 7rem 3rem;
  position: relative;
}

.stages.full-page { padding-top: 12rem; }

.stages::before {
  content: "";
  position: absolute;
  top: 0; left: 50%;
  transform: translateX(-50%);
  width: 1px;
  height: 4rem;
  background: linear-gradient(to bottom, var(--bone), transparent);
}

.stages-header {
  text-align: center;
  max-width: 700px;
  margin: 0 auto 5rem;
}

.stages-header .section-number { color: var(--aurum); }
.stages-header h2 {
  font-family: 'Cormorant Garamond', serif;
  font-size: clamp(2rem, 3.5vw, 3rem);
  font-weight: 400;
  line-height: 1.1;
  color: var(--bone);
  margin-bottom: 1.5rem;
}

.stages-header h2 .italic { color: var(--aurum); }

.stages-header p {
  font-size: 1.1rem;
  color: var(--bone-dim);
  font-style: italic;
  opacity: 0.85;
  max-width: 52ch;
  margin: 0 auto;
}

.stages-grid {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: repeat(4, 1fr);
  gap: 0;
  max-width: 1200px;
  margin: 0 auto;
  border-top: 1px solid rgba(181,137,74,0.3);
  border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(181,137,74,0.3);
}

.stage {
  padding: 3rem 2rem;
  border-right: 1px solid rgba(181,137,74,0.3);
  position: relative;
  transition: background 0.5s;
}

.stage:last-child { border-right: none; }
.stage:hover { background: rgba(181,137,74,0.06); }

.stage-roman {
  font-family: 'Cormorant SC', serif;
  font-size: 0.7rem;
  letter-spacing: 0.32em;
  color: var(--aurum);
  margin-bottom: 1rem;
  display: block;
}

.stage-latin {
  font-family: 'Cormorant Garamond', serif;
  font-size: 2rem;
  font-style: italic;
  font-weight: 400;
  color: var(--bone);
  margin-bottom: 0.3rem;
  line-height: 1;
}

.stage-english {
  font-family: 'Cormorant SC', serif;
  font-size: 0.72rem;
  letter-spacing: 0.22em;
  color: var(--aurum);
  margin-bottom: 1.8rem;
  font-weight: 500;
}

.stage-desc {
  font-size: 0.98rem;
  line-height: 1.65;
  color: var(--bone-dim);
  font-weight: 300;
}

.stage-desc strong { color: var(--bone); font-weight: 500; }

/* ━━━ TREE ━━━ */
.org-tree { position: relative; padding: 3rem 0; }

.node-parent { text-align: center; margin-bottom: 3rem; }

.node-parent .node {
  display: inline-block;
  padding: 1.5rem 3rem;
  border: 1px solid var(--aurum);
  background: var(--bone);
  position: relative;
}

.node-parent .node::before,
.node-parent .node::after {
  content: "";
  position: absolute;
  width: 8px; height: 8px;
  background: var(--aurum);
  top: -4px;
}
.node-parent .node::before { left: -4px; }
.node-parent .node::after { right: -4px; }

.node-label {
  font-family: 'Cormorant SC', serif;
  font-size: 0.75rem;
  letter-spacing: 0.3em;
  color: var(--aurum-deep);
  margin-bottom: 0.4rem;
}

.node-name {
  font-family: 'Cormorant Garamond', serif;
  font-size: 1.8rem;
  font-style: italic;
  font-weight: 500;
  color: var(--raven);
}

.tree-trunk {
  width: 1px;
  height: 4rem;
  background: var(--aurum);
  margin: 0 auto;
}

.tree-horizontal {
  width: 85%;
  height: 1px;
  background: var(--aurum);
  margin: 0 auto;
  position: relative;
}

.tree-horizontal::before,
.tree-horizontal::after {
  content: "";
  position: absolute;
  top: -3px;
  width: 7px; height: 7px;
  border-radius: 50%;
  background: var(--aurum);
}
.tree-horizontal::before { left: 0; }
.tree-horizontal::after { right: 0; }

.tree-branches {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr;
  gap: 5rem;
  margin-top: 0;
  padding-top: 4rem;
  position: relative;
  max-width: 85%;
  margin-left: auto;
  margin-right: auto;
}

.tree-branches::before,
.tree-branches::after {
  content: "";
  position: absolute;
  top: 0;
  width: 1px; height: 4rem;
  background: var(--aurum);
}
.tree-branches::before { left: 25%; }
.tree-branches::after { right: 25%; }

.sub-node {
  border: 1px solid var(--aurum-deep);
  padding: 2rem 2rem 2.2rem;
  background: var(--bone);
  position: relative;
  transition: transform 0.4s, box-shadow 0.4s;
}

.sub-node:hover {
  transform: translateY(-3px);
  box-shadow: 0 12px 30px -15px rgba(12,10,8,0.3);
}

.sub-node .tag {
  position: absolute;
  top: -10px;
  left: 1.5rem;
  background: var(--bone);
  padding: 0 0.8rem;
  font-family: 'JetBrains Mono', monospace;
  font-size: 0.65rem;
  letter-spacing: 0.2em;
  color: var(--aurum-deep);
}

.sub-node h4 {
  font-family: 'Cormorant Garamond', serif;
  font-size: 1.6rem;
  font-weight: 500;
  font-style: italic;
  margin-bottom: 0.3rem;
  color: var(--raven);
}

.sub-node .sub-role {
  font-family: 'Cormorant SC', serif;
  font-size: 0.7rem;
  letter-spacing: 0.25em;
  color: var(--aurum-deep);
  margin-bottom: 1.2rem;
  font-weight: 500;
}

.sub-node p {
  font-size: 1rem;
  line-height: 1.65;
  color: var(--ink-soft);
}

/* ━━━ ARTIFACTS ━━━ */
.artifacts {
  background: linear-gradient(180deg, var(--bone) 0%, var(--bone-dim) 100%);
  padding: 7rem 3rem;
  border-top: 1px solid rgba(181,137,74,0.25);
  border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(181,137,74,0.25);
}

.artifacts-inner { max-width: 1200px; margin: 0 auto; }
.artifacts-header { margin-bottom: 4rem; max-width: 640px; }

.artifact-list {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: repeat(3, 1fr);
  gap: 0;
  border-top: 1px solid var(--aurum);
}

.artifact {
  padding: 2.5rem 2rem 3rem;
  border-right: 1px solid rgba(181,137,74,0.35);
  border-bottom: 1px solid var(--aurum);
  position: relative;
}

.artifact:last-child { border-right: none; }

.artifact-class {
  font-family: 'JetBrains Mono', monospace;
  font-size: 0.7rem;
  letter-spacing: 0.25em;
  color: var(--aurum-deep);
  margin-bottom: 0.8rem;
}

.artifact-name {
  font-family: 'Cormorant Garamond', serif;
  font-size: 2.2rem;
  font-style: italic;
  font-weight: 400;
  color: var(--raven);
  margin-bottom: 0.4rem;
  line-height: 1;
}

.artifact-substrate {
  font-family: 'Cormorant SC', serif;
  font-size: 0.7rem;
  letter-spacing: 0.25em;
  color: var(--patina);
  margin-bottom: 1.5rem;
}

.artifact p { font-size: 0.98rem; line-height: 1.7; color: var(--ink-soft); }

.artifact-symbol {
  position: absolute;
  top: 2.5rem;
  right: 2rem;
  font-family: 'Cormorant Garamond', serif;
  font-size: 1.4rem;
  color: var(--aurum);
  font-style: italic;
}

/* ━━━ GRAMMAR TABLET ━━━ */
.grammar-tablet {
  background: var(--raven);
  color: var(--bone);
  padding: 4rem 3.5rem;
  margin-top: 3rem;
  position: relative;
  border: 1px solid var(--aurum);
}

.grammar-tablet::before,
.grammar-tablet::after {
  content: "";
  position: absolute;
  width: 12px; height: 12px;
  border: 1px solid var(--aurum);
}
.grammar-tablet::before { top: -6px; left: -6px; border-right: none; border-bottom: none; }
.grammar-tablet::after { bottom: -6px; right: -6px; border-left: none; border-top: none; }

.grammar-field {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: 160px 1fr;
  gap: 2rem;
  padding: 1.3rem 0;
  border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(181,137,74,0.2);
  align-items: baseline;
}

.grammar-field:last-child { border-bottom: none; }

.grammar-latin {
  font-family: 'Cormorant SC', serif;
  font-size: 0.78rem;
  letter-spacing: 0.28em;
  color: var(--aurum);
  font-weight: 500;
}

.grammar-def {
  font-family: 'Cormorant Garamond', serif;
  font-size: 1.08rem;
  font-style: italic;
  color: var(--bone-dim);
  line-height: 1.5;
}

.grammar-def strong {
  font-style: normal;
  font-weight: 500;
  color: var(--bone);
}

/* ━━━ ADDRESS ━━━ */
.address {
  padding: 8rem 3rem 5rem;
  max-width: 1100px;
  margin: 0 auto;
  text-align: center;
}

.address .vow {
  font-family: 'Cormorant Garamond', serif;
  font-size: clamp(1.8rem, 3vw, 2.6rem);
  font-style: italic;
  line-height: 1.3;
  color: var(--raven);
  max-width: 28ch;
  margin: 0 auto 3rem;
  font-weight: 400;
}

.vow .aurum { color: var(--aurum-deep); }

.address-meta {
  display: flex;
  justify-content: center;
  gap: 4rem;
  padding-top: 3rem;
  border-top: 1px solid var(--aurum);
  font-family: 'Cormorant SC', serif;
  font-size: 0.72rem;
  letter-spacing: 0.28em;
  color: var(--patina);
  font-weight: 500;
  flex-wrap: wrap;
}

.address-meta span { display: inline-flex; align-items: center; gap: 0.6rem; }
.address-meta .bullet {
  width: 4px; height: 4px;
  background: var(--aurum);
  border-radius: 50%;
}

/* ━━━ LINK ROW / CONTINUE ━━━ */
.continue {
  text-align: center;
  margin-top: 3rem;
}

.continue a {
  display: inline-block;
  font-family: 'Cormorant SC', serif;
  font-size: 0.78rem;
  letter-spacing: 0.3em;
  color: var(--aurum-deep);
  text-decoration: none;
  padding: 0.6rem 0;
  border-bottom: 1px solid var(--aurum);
  transition: color 0.3s;
}

.continue a:hover { color: var(--raven); }

.continue a::after {
  content: " →";
  color: var(--aurum);
  transition: transform 0.3s;
  display: inline-block;
  margin-left: 0.3rem;
}

.continue a:hover::after { transform: translateX(3px); }

.stages .continue a { color: var(--aurum); }
.stages .continue a:hover { color: var(--bone); }

/* ━━━ TOC (for compass) ━━━ */
.toc {
  max-width: 720px;
  margin: 0 auto;
  padding: 2rem 3rem 4rem;
}

.toc-list {
  list-style: none;
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0;
  border-top: 1px solid rgba(181,137,74,0.3);
}

.toc-list li {
  border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(181,137,74,0.2);
}

.toc-list a {
  display: flex;
  justify-content: space-between;
  align-items: baseline;
  padding: 1rem 0;
  font-family: 'Cormorant Garamond', serif;
  color: var(--raven);
  text-decoration: none;
  transition: color 0.3s, padding-left 0.3s;
}

.toc-list a:hover { color: var(--aurum-deep); padding-left: 0.5rem; }

.toc-list .toc-num {
  font-family: 'JetBrains Mono', monospace;
  font-size: 0.72rem;
  letter-spacing: 0.2em;
  color: var(--aurum-deep);
  min-width: 3rem;
}

.toc-list .toc-title { font-size: 1.08rem; flex: 1; padding-left: 1rem; }
.toc-list .toc-title .italic { color: var(--aurum-deep); }

/* ━━━ FOOTER ━━━ */
footer {
  background: var(--raven);
  color: var(--bone-dim);
  padding: 3rem 3rem 2.5rem;
  display: flex;
  justify-content: space-between;
  align-items: center;
  font-family: 'JetBrains Mono', monospace;
  font-size: 0.7rem;
  letter-spacing: 0.18em;
  flex-wrap: wrap;
  gap: 1rem;
}

footer .motto {
  font-family: 'Cormorant SC', serif;
  letter-spacing: 0.3em;
  color: var(--aurum);
  font-size: 0.75rem;
  font-weight: 500;
}

footer a {
  color: var(--bone-dim);
  text-decoration: none;
}

footer a:hover { color: var(--aurum); }

/* ━━━ ANIMATIONS ━━━ */
@keyframes fadeUp {
  from { opacity: 0; transform: translateY(24px); }
  to { opacity: 1; transform: translateY(0); }
}

@keyframes fadeIn {
  from { opacity: 0; }
  to { opacity: 1; }
}

.reveal {
  opacity: 0;
  transform: translateY(28px);
  transition: opacity 1s cubic-bezier(0.2,0.7,0.3,1), transform 1s cubic-bezier(0.2,0.7,0.3,1);
}

.reveal.in { opacity: 1; transform: translateY(0); }

/* ━━━ RESPONSIVE ━━━ */
@media (max-width: 960px) {
  .masthead { padding: 1.25rem 1.5rem; }
  .masthead-nav { gap: 1.2rem; font-size: 0.62rem; letter-spacing: 0.2em; }
  .hero {
    grid-template-columns: 1fr;
    padding: 8rem 1.5rem 3rem;
    gap: 3rem;
  }
  .hero::before, .page-head::before { font-size: 0.55rem; padding: 0.4rem 1.5rem; }
  .seal-frame { max-width: 380px; }
  .prose, .toc { padding-left: 1.5rem; padding-right: 1.5rem; }
  .prose-body-two { grid-template-columns: 1fr; gap: 1rem; }
  .stages-grid { grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr; }
  .stage { border-right: none; border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(181,137,74,0.3); }
  .stage:nth-child(odd) { border-right: 1px solid rgba(181,137,74,0.3); }
  .stages { padding: 5rem 1.5rem; }
  .artifacts { padding: 5rem 1.5rem; }
  .artifact-list { grid-template-columns: 1fr; }
  .artifact { border-right: none; border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(181,137,74,0.35); }
  .tree-branches { grid-template-columns: 1fr; gap: 2rem; max-width: 100%; }
  .tree-branches::before { left: 50%; }
  .tree-branches::after { right: 50%; }
  .grammar-field { grid-template-columns: 1fr; gap: 0.4rem; padding: 1rem 0; }
  .grammar-tablet { padding: 2.5rem 2rem; }
  .address-meta { flex-direction: column; gap: 1rem; }
  footer { flex-direction: column; text-align: center; padding: 2rem 1.5rem; }
  .page-head { padding: 8rem 1.5rem 2.5rem; }
}