/* ==========================================================================
   NEXT CHAPTER — Professional Transition Program
   Design system: "Executive Legacy"
   Palette + typography derived from the official brand guidelines.
   ========================================================================== */

/* --------------------------------------------------------------------------
   0. FONTS — self-hosted, subset to Arabic + Latin (288 KB total).
   Alexandria / Cormorant Garamond / Manrope are variable (one file, all weights).
   -------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
@font-face {
  font-family: "Alexandria"; font-style: normal; font-weight: 300 700;
  font-display: swap; src: url("assets/fonts/alexandria.woff2") format("woff2");
}
@font-face {
  font-family: "IBM Plex Sans Arabic"; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;
  font-display: swap; src: url("assets/fonts/plexarabic-400.woff2") format("woff2");
}
@font-face {
  font-family: "IBM Plex Sans Arabic"; font-style: normal; font-weight: 500;
  font-display: swap; src: url("assets/fonts/plexarabic-500.woff2") format("woff2");
}
@font-face {
  font-family: "IBM Plex Sans Arabic"; font-style: normal; font-weight: 600;
  font-display: swap; src: url("assets/fonts/plexarabic-600.woff2") format("woff2");
}
@font-face {
  font-family: "Cormorant Garamond"; font-style: normal; font-weight: 300 600;
  font-display: swap; src: url("assets/fonts/cormorant.woff2") format("woff2");
}
@font-face {
  font-family: "Manrope"; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400 800;
  font-display: swap; src: url("assets/fonts/manrope.woff2") format("woff2");
}

/* --------------------------------------------------------------------------
   1. TOKENS — Layer 1: primitives (raw brand values, never used directly)
   -------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
:root {
  /* Brand palette — "Executive Legacy" */
  --c-navy-900:  #0E1F39;   /* الكحلي الداكن   — 50% usage */
  --c-navy-700:  #1B3355;
  --c-navy-600:  #3E5E85;   /* الكحلي المتوسط  — 10% usage */
  --c-blue-200:  #C9D7E4;   /* الأزرق الهادئ   —  5% usage */
  --c-bone:      #F6F4EE;   /* الأبيض المطفي   — 30% usage */
  --c-gold-600:  #A36625;   /* الذهبي الداكن   —  5% usage, accent only */
  --c-gold-700:  #965D21;   /* deepened, for small text on light (4.9:1) */
  --c-gold-400:  #D5A14B;   /* lifted, for gold on navy (7.1:1) */
  --c-white:     #FFFFFF;

  /* Derived neutrals (all hue-matched to navy — no invented greys) */
  --c-ink:       #0E1F39;
  --c-body:      #354764;   /* 8.5:1 on bone  */
  --c-muted:     #4A5C7A;   /* 6.2:1 on bone  */
  --c-line:      #DDD9CF;
  --c-line-soft: #E9E5DC;

  /* On-dark neutrals */
  --c-on-dark:        #F6F4EE;
  --c-on-dark-muted:  #B6C7DC;   /* 9.6:1 on navy */
  --c-on-dark-line:   rgba(201, 215, 228, .20);

  /* --- Layer 2: semantic --- */
  --bg:            var(--c-bone);
  --bg-raised:     var(--c-white);
  --bg-inverse:    var(--c-navy-900);
  --text:          var(--c-body);
  --text-strong:   var(--c-ink);
  --text-muted:    var(--c-muted);
  --accent:        var(--c-gold-600);
  --accent-text:   var(--c-gold-700);
  --accent-onDark: var(--c-gold-400);
  --border:        var(--c-line);
  --focus:         var(--c-navy-600);

  /* --- Typography --- */
  --font-display: "Alexandria", "Segoe UI", Tahoma, sans-serif;
  --font-body:    "IBM Plex Sans Arabic", "Segoe UI", Tahoma, sans-serif;
  --font-serif:   "Cormorant Garamond", Georgia, serif;
  --font-ui:      "Manrope", "Segoe UI", Arial, sans-serif;

  /* Type scale — 1.25 major third, fluid */
  --t-xs:   0.8125rem;                              /* 13px floor */
  --t-sm:   0.875rem;                               /* 14px */
  --t-base: 1rem;                                   /* 16px */
  --t-md:   1.0625rem;
  --t-lg:   clamp(1.125rem, 0.35vw + 1.03rem, 1.3125rem);
  --t-xl:   clamp(1.25rem, 0.6vw + 1.1rem,  1.5rem);
  --t-2xl:  clamp(1.5rem,  1.1vw + 1.22rem, 2rem);
  --t-3xl:  clamp(1.9rem,  2.1vw + 1.38rem, 2.75rem);
  --t-4xl:  clamp(2.25rem, 3.6vw + 1.35rem, 3.75rem);
  --t-5xl:  clamp(2.5rem,  4.6vw + 1.35rem, 4.5rem);

  /* --- Spacing — 4px base scale --- */
  --s-1:  0.25rem;  --s-2:  0.5rem;   --s-3:  0.75rem;  --s-4: 1rem;
  --s-5:  1.5rem;   --s-6:  2rem;     --s-7:  2.5rem;   --s-8: 3rem;
  --s-9:  4rem;     --s-10: 5rem;     --s-11: 6rem;     --s-12: 8rem;
  --section-y: clamp(4.5rem, 8vw, 8rem);

  /* --- Layout --- */
  --shell:   1200px;
  --gutter:  clamp(1.25rem, 4vw, 3rem);
  --header-h: 76px;

  /* --- Elevation & motion --- */
  --shadow-sm: 0 1px 2px rgba(14, 31, 57, .05);
  --shadow-md: 0 8px 24px -12px rgba(14, 31, 57, .18);
  --shadow-lg: 0 24px 60px -30px rgba(14, 31, 57, .32);
  --ease: cubic-bezier(.22, .61, .36, 1);
  --dur-fast: 160ms;
  --dur:      280ms;
  --dur-slow: 620ms;
}

/* --------------------------------------------------------------------------
   2. RESET & BASE
   -------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
*, *::before, *::after { box-sizing: border-box; }

html {
  scroll-behavior: smooth;
  scroll-padding-top: calc(var(--header-h) + 1.5rem);
  -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;
}

body {
  margin: 0;
  background: var(--bg);
  color: var(--text);
  font-family: var(--font-body);
  font-size: var(--t-base);
  line-height: 1.85;               /* Arabic needs generous leading */
  font-synthesis-weight: none;
  -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;
  text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;
  overflow-x: hidden;
}

img, picture, svg { display: block; max-width: 100%; }
img { height: auto; }

h1, h2, h3, h4 {
  margin: 0;
  font-family: var(--font-display);
  color: var(--text-strong);
  font-weight: 600;
  line-height: 1.42;               /* never tighter — Arabic ascenders/diacritics */
  letter-spacing: 0;               /* never negative on Arabic script */
  text-wrap: balance;
}
p { margin: 0; text-wrap: pretty; }
ul, ol { margin: 0; padding: 0; list-style: none; }
fieldset { margin: 0; padding: 0; border: 0; min-inline-size: 0; }
legend { padding: 0; display: block; inline-size: 100%; }

/* English runs inside the RTL document: isolate so digits and punctuation
   are never reordered by the bidi algorithm (e.g. "90-Day Action Plan"). */
[lang="en"] { direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: isolate; }
/* ...but block-level English keeps the page's right alignment. */
.trust__list span[lang="en"],
.deliverables p[lang="en"],
.acc-title small[lang="en"],
.founder__media figcaption,
.dossier__figure figcaption,
.footer__brand p { text-align: right; }
.nw { white-space: nowrap; }

a { color: inherit; }
button { font: inherit; color: inherit; cursor: pointer; }

:where(a, button, input, [tabindex]):focus-visible {
  outline: 3px solid var(--focus);
  outline-offset: 3px;
  border-radius: 2px;
}
.on-dark :focus-visible,
.hero :focus-visible,
.translation :focus-visible,
.method :focus-visible,
.start :focus-visible,
.final :focus-visible { outline-color: var(--c-blue-200); }

.sr-only {
  position: absolute; width: 1px; height: 1px;
  padding: 0; margin: -1px; overflow: hidden;
  clip-path: inset(50%); white-space: nowrap; border: 0;
}

.skip-link {
  position: fixed; z-index: 200; inset-block-start: -100px; inset-inline-start: 1rem;
  padding: .75rem 1.25rem;
  background: var(--c-navy-900); color: var(--c-bone);
  font-family: var(--font-ui); font-weight: 700; font-size: var(--t-sm);
  text-decoration: none;
  transition: inset-block-start var(--dur) var(--ease);
}
.skip-link:focus { inset-block-start: 1rem; }

.shell {
  width: min(var(--shell), 100% - (var(--gutter) * 2));
  margin-inline: auto;
}

/* Shared display accent — the one place gold appears in type */
.accent {
  display: inline-block;
  color: var(--accent-text);
  font-weight: 500;
}
.on-dark .accent,
.hero .accent, .translation .accent, .method .accent,
.start .accent, .final .accent { color: var(--accent-onDark); }

/* --------------------------------------------------------------------------
   3. SIGNATURE MOTIF — the logo's chevron, used as the only repeated device
   -------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
.chev {
  inline-size: 1.15em; block-size: 1.15em;
  flex: 0 0 auto;
  background: currentColor;
  transition: transform var(--dur) var(--ease);
  /* mirrors the gold arrow embedded in the NC monogram */
  clip-path: polygon(62% 0, 100% 50%, 62% 100%, 40% 100%, 72% 56%, 0 56%, 0 44%, 72% 44%, 40% 0);
  transform: scaleX(-1);          /* points right-to-left with the reading flow */
}
a:hover > .chev, button:hover > .chev { transform: scaleX(-1) translateX(3px); }

/* --------------------------------------------------------------------------
   4. TYPOGRAPHIC UTILITIES
   -------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
.eyebrow {
  display: flex; align-items: center; gap: .75rem;
  margin: 0 0 var(--s-4);
  font-family: var(--font-body);
  font-size: var(--t-xl); font-weight: 600;   /* was 13px — Arabic kicker, now prominent */
  letter-spacing: .01em; text-transform: none;
  color: var(--c-navy-700);
}
.eyebrow::before {
  content: ""; inline-size: 34px; block-size: 2px;
  background: var(--accent); flex: 0 0 auto;
}
.eyebrow--onDark { color: var(--c-blue-200); }
.eyebrow--onDark::before { background: var(--accent-onDark); }

.section { padding-block: var(--section-y); }

.head { margin-bottom: var(--s-9); }
.head h2 { font-size: var(--t-4xl); }
.head--split {
  display: grid; gap: var(--s-6);
  grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 1.05fr) minmax(0, .95fr);
  align-items: end;
}
.head__note {
  max-width: 46ch; margin: 0;
  color: var(--text-muted); font-size: var(--t-lg); line-height: 1.95;
}
.head__note--onDark { color: var(--c-on-dark-muted); }

/* --------------------------------------------------------------------------
   5. BUTTONS
   -------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
.btn {
  display: inline-flex; align-items: center; justify-content: center; gap: .625rem;
  min-block-size: 52px;                 /* ≥44px touch target */
  padding: .8rem 1.5rem;
  border: 1.5px solid transparent;
  font-family: var(--font-display);
  font-size: var(--t-sm); font-weight: 600;
  text-decoration: none;
  transition: background var(--dur) var(--ease), color var(--dur) var(--ease),
              border-color var(--dur) var(--ease), transform var(--dur) var(--ease),
              box-shadow var(--dur) var(--ease);
}
.btn--lg { min-block-size: 58px; padding-inline: 2rem; font-size: var(--t-base); }

/* a light sweeps across the primary action on hover */
.btn--sweep { position: relative; overflow: hidden; }
.btn--sweep::after {
  content: ""; position: absolute; inset: 0;
  background: linear-gradient(110deg, transparent 38%, rgba(255,255,255,.30) 50%, transparent 62%);
  transform: translateX(-130%);
  transition: transform 700ms var(--ease);
}
.btn--sweep:hover::after { transform: translateX(130%); }

.btn--gold   { background: var(--accent); color: var(--c-white); box-shadow: var(--shadow-md); }
.btn--gold:hover  { background: var(--c-gold-700); transform: translateY(-2px); box-shadow: var(--shadow-lg); }

.btn--navy   { background: var(--c-navy-900); color: var(--c-bone); }
.btn--navy:hover  { background: var(--c-navy-700); transform: translateY(-2px); }
.btn--navy[disabled] { background: var(--c-line); color: var(--text-muted); cursor: not-allowed; transform: none; }

.btn--outline { color: var(--c-on-dark); border-color: rgba(201,215,228,.45); }
.btn--outline:hover { background: rgba(201,215,228,.12); border-color: var(--c-blue-200); }

.btn--ghost { color: var(--c-on-dark); border-color: transparent; padding-inline: .75rem; text-decoration: underline; text-underline-offset: 6px; text-decoration-thickness: 1px; text-decoration-color: rgba(201,215,228,.5); }
.btn--ghost:hover { text-decoration-color: var(--accent-onDark); }

.btn--quiet { background: none; border-color: var(--border); color: var(--text-muted); }
.btn--quiet:hover { border-color: var(--c-navy-600); color: var(--text-strong); }

/* --------------------------------------------------------------------------
   6. HEADER / NAV
   -------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
.progress {
  position: fixed; inset-block-start: 0; inset-inline: 0;
  block-size: 3px; z-index: 120; pointer-events: none;
}
.progress span {
  display: block; block-size: 100%; inline-size: 0;
  background: var(--accent); transform-origin: right center;
}

.site-header {
  position: sticky; inset-block-start: 0; z-index: 100;
  background: var(--c-bone);
  transition: box-shadow var(--dur) var(--ease);
}
.site-header.is-stuck { box-shadow: 0 1px 0 var(--border), 0 12px 28px -24px rgba(14,31,57,.5); }

.nav__inner {
  block-size: var(--header-h);
  display: flex; align-items: center; gap: var(--s-6);
}

.brand { display: flex; align-items: center; gap: .7rem; text-decoration: none; flex: 0 0 auto; }
.brand { min-block-size: 44px; }
.brand img { inline-size: 42px; block-size: 42px; object-fit: contain; }
.brand__text { display: grid; line-height: 1.2; }
.brand__text b {
  font-family: var(--font-serif);
  font-size: 1.05rem; font-weight: 600;
  letter-spacing: .16em; color: var(--c-navy-900);
}
.brand__text small {
  margin-top: 2px;
  font-family: var(--font-ui); font-size: 9.5px; font-weight: 600;
  letter-spacing: .12em; text-transform: uppercase; color: var(--text-muted);
}

.nav__links { display: flex; gap: var(--s-5); margin-inline: auto; }
.nav__links a {
  position: relative; padding-block: .35rem;
  font-size: var(--t-sm); color: var(--text); text-decoration: none;
  transition: color var(--dur) var(--ease);
}
.nav__links a::after {
  content: ""; position: absolute; inset-block-end: 0; inset-inline: 0;
  block-size: 1.5px; background: var(--accent);
  transform: scaleX(0); transform-origin: right;
  transition: transform var(--dur) var(--ease);
}
.nav__links a:hover, .nav__links a.is-active { color: var(--text-strong); }
.nav__links a:hover::after, .nav__links a.is-active::after { transform: scaleX(1); }

.nav__cta {
  display: inline-flex; align-items: center; gap: .5rem;
  min-block-size: 44px; padding: .5rem 1.1rem;
  border: 1.5px solid var(--c-navy-900);
  font-family: var(--font-display); font-size: var(--t-sm); font-weight: 600;
  color: var(--c-navy-900); text-decoration: none;
  transition: background var(--dur) var(--ease), color var(--dur) var(--ease);
}
.nav__cta:hover { background: var(--c-navy-900); color: var(--c-bone); }

.menu-toggle {
  display: none; place-items: center;
  inline-size: 46px; block-size: 46px;
  margin-inline-start: auto;
  background: none; border: 1px solid var(--border);
}
.menu-toggle__bars { display: grid; gap: 6px; }
.menu-toggle__bars i {
  display: block; inline-size: 22px; block-size: 1.5px;
  background: var(--c-navy-900);
  transition: transform var(--dur) var(--ease), opacity var(--dur) var(--ease);
}
.menu-toggle[aria-expanded="true"] i:first-child { transform: translateY(3.75px) rotate(45deg); }
.menu-toggle[aria-expanded="true"] i:last-child  { transform: translateY(-3.75px) rotate(-45deg); }

/* --------------------------------------------------------------------------
   7. HERO — "the threshold": a dossier page, not a photo beside text
   -------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
.hero {
  position: relative; isolation: isolate; overflow: clip;
  min-block-size: min(840px, 100svh);
  display: grid; align-content: center;
  padding-block: clamp(3rem, 6vh, 5rem) clamp(3.5rem, 7vh, 5.5rem);
  background: var(--c-navy-900); color: var(--c-on-dark);
}

/* ---- layered canvas ---------------------------------------------------- */
.hero__canvas { position: absolute; inset: 0; z-index: -1; }

/* the portrait bleeds off the end edge, duotoned into the palette */
.hero__portrait {
  position: absolute; inset-block: 0; inset-inline-end: 0;
  inline-size: clamp(42%, 52vw, 62%);
  background: var(--c-navy-900);
}
.hero__portrait img {
  inline-size: 100%; block-size: 100%;
  object-fit: cover; object-position: 62% 18%;
  /* natural colour — no blend mode, no tint */
  transform: translate3d(0, var(--par, 0px), 0) scale(1.04);
  will-change: transform;
}
/* neutral vignette only: darkens the frame edges without shifting any hue */
.hero__portrait::after {
  content: ""; position: absolute; inset: 0;
  background:
    radial-gradient(82% 74% at 38% 32%, transparent 54%, rgba(0,0,0,.42) 100%),
    linear-gradient(to bottom, rgba(0,0,0,.22), transparent 22%);
}

/* scrim carrying the type side back to full navy */
.hero__scrim {
  position: absolute; inset: 0;
  background:
    linear-gradient(to left,
      var(--c-navy-900) 0%, var(--c-navy-900) 46%,
      rgba(14,31,57,.92) 53%, rgba(14,31,57,.45) 63%, transparent 74%),
    linear-gradient(to top, var(--c-navy-900) 10%, rgba(14,31,57,.72) 22%, transparent 44%);
}

/* faint print grid — the editorial spine of the composition */
.hero__rules {
  position: absolute; inset: 0;
  display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(4, 1fr);
  width: min(var(--shell), 100% - (var(--gutter) * 2));
  margin-inline: auto;
}
.hero__rules i { border-inline-start: 1px solid rgba(201,215,228,.07); }
.hero__rules i:first-child { border-inline-start-color: rgba(213,161,75,.16); }

/* pointer-tracked light (fine pointers only) */
.hero__spot {
  position: absolute; inset: 0; opacity: 0;
  background: radial-gradient(320px circle at var(--mx, 50%) var(--my, 50%),
              rgba(201,215,228,.10), transparent 70%);
  transition: opacity 500ms var(--ease);
}
@media (hover: hover) and (pointer: fine) { .hero:hover .hero__spot { opacity: 1; } }

/* film grain — kills the flat-gradient look */
.hero__grain, .grain-layer {
  position: absolute; inset: 0; pointer-events: none;
  opacity: .06; mix-blend-mode: overlay;
  background-image: url("data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' width='140' height='140'%3E%3Cfilter id='n'%3E%3CfeTurbulence type='fractalNoise' baseFrequency='.85' numOctaves='3' stitchTiles='stitch'/%3E%3C/filter%3E%3Crect width='100%25' height='100%25' filter='url(%23n)'/%3E%3C/svg%3E");
}

/* printer's registration marks */
.mark { position: absolute; inline-size: 26px; block-size: 26px; opacity: .5; }
.mark::before, .mark::after { content: ""; position: absolute; background: rgba(213,161,75,.55); }
.mark::before { inline-size: 100%; block-size: 1px; inset-block-start: 0; }
.mark::after  { inline-size: 1px; block-size: 100%; inset-inline-start: 0; }
.mark--tr { inset-block-start: 34px; inset-inline-start: 30px; }
.mark--bl { inset-block-end: 26px; inset-inline-end: 26px; transform: rotate(180deg); }

/* ---- dossier tab on the reading edge ----------------------------------- */
.hero__tab {
  position: absolute; z-index: 1;
  inset-inline-start: max(.75rem, calc((100vw - var(--shell)) / 2 - 3.4rem));
  inset-block-start: 50%; transform: translateY(-50%);
  display: grid; justify-items: center; gap: .9rem;
}
.hero__tab-n {
  font-family: var(--font-serif); font-size: 1.6rem; font-weight: 600;
  color: var(--accent-onDark); line-height: 1;
}
.hero__tab-rule { inline-size: 1px; block-size: 84px; background: linear-gradient(var(--accent-onDark), transparent); }
.hero__tab-label {
  writing-mode: vertical-rl; text-orientation: mixed;
  font-family: var(--font-ui); font-size: 10px; font-weight: 600;
  letter-spacing: .28em; text-transform: uppercase;
  color: rgba(201,215,228,.72); white-space: nowrap;
}

/* ---- type ---------------------------------------------------------------- */
.hero__inner { position: relative; }
.hero h1 {
  margin: 0; color: var(--c-on-dark);
  font-size: clamp(2.5rem, 5.4vw, 4.6rem);
  font-weight: 600; line-height: 1.3;
  max-inline-size: 15ch;
}
.hero h1 .line { display: block; overflow: hidden; padding-block-end: .06em; }
.hero h1 .line > span { display: block; }
.hero h1 .accent > span { display: inline-block; }   /* rule hugs the words */
.hero h1 .accent { font-weight: 400; margin-block-start: .1em; position: relative; }
/* the accent line is underscored by a rule that draws itself */
.hero h1 .accent > span::after {
  content: ""; position: absolute; inset-inline: 0; inset-block-end: .12em;
  block-size: 2px; background: var(--accent-onDark);
  transform: scaleX(0); transform-origin: right;
}
.js .hero.is-ready h1 .accent > span::after {
  animation: rule-draw 900ms var(--ease) 900ms forwards;
}
@keyframes rule-draw { to { transform: scaleX(1); } }

.hero__lede {
  max-inline-size: 46ch; margin-block: var(--s-5) var(--s-6);
  color: var(--c-on-dark-muted); font-size: var(--t-lg); line-height: 2.05;
}
.hero__actions { display: flex; align-items: center; gap: var(--s-4); flex-wrap: wrap; }
.hero__meta {
  margin-block-start: var(--s-4);
  color: var(--c-blue-200); font-family: var(--font-body); font-weight: 500;
  font-size: var(--t-base); letter-spacing: .02em;
}

/* portrait plate — small screens only */
.hero__plate-m { display: none; margin: var(--s-6) 0 0; position: relative; }
.hero__plate-m img {
  inline-size: 100%; aspect-ratio: 16 / 11;
  object-fit: cover; object-position: 50% 16%;
}
.hero__plate-m picture {
  display: block; position: relative;
  background: var(--c-navy-900);
  border-block-start: 2px solid var(--accent-onDark);
}
.hero__plate-m figcaption {
  padding-block-start: .7rem;
  font-family: var(--font-ui); font-size: var(--t-xs);
  letter-spacing: .04em; color: var(--c-on-dark-muted);
}

/* ---- index strip --------------------------------------------------------- */
.hero__index {
  position: relative;
  margin-block-start: clamp(2.5rem, 6vh, 4.5rem);
  padding-block-start: var(--s-5);
  border-block-start: 1px solid var(--c-on-dark-line);
  display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(4, 1fr);
}
.hero__index div {
  display: grid; gap: .35rem; align-content: start;
  padding-inline: var(--s-4);
  border-inline-start: 1px solid var(--c-on-dark-line);
}
.hero__index div:first-child { border-inline-start: 0; padding-inline-start: 0; }
.hero__index b {
  font-family: var(--font-display); font-size: clamp(1.75rem, 3vw, 2.5rem);
  font-weight: 500; color: var(--accent-onDark); line-height: 1;
  font-variant-numeric: tabular-nums;
}
.hero__index span {
  font-size: var(--t-xs); color: var(--c-on-dark-muted); line-height: 1.7;
}

/* --------------------------------------------------------------------------
   8. TRUST BAR
   -------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
.trust { background: var(--bg-raised); border-block-end: 1px solid var(--border); }
.trust__inner { padding-block: var(--s-7); display: grid; gap: var(--s-5); }
.trust__label {
  font-family: var(--font-body); font-size: var(--t-xl); font-weight: 600;
  letter-spacing: .01em; text-transform: none; color: var(--c-navy-700);
}
.trust__list {
  display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(4, 1fr); gap: var(--s-5);
}
.trust__list li {
  display: grid; gap: .2rem;
  padding-inline-start: var(--s-4);
  border-inline-start: 2px solid var(--c-blue-200);
}
.trust__list b {
  font-family: var(--font-display); font-size: var(--t-md);
  font-weight: 600; color: var(--text-strong); line-height: 1.5;
}
.trust__list span { font-size: var(--t-xs); color: var(--text-muted); line-height: 1.7; }

/* --------------------------------------------------------------------------
   9. AUDIENCE CARDS
   -------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
.audience { background: var(--bg); }
.cards { display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(3, 1fr); gap: var(--s-4); }
.card {
  padding: var(--s-6) var(--s-5);
  background: var(--bg-raised);
  border: 1px solid var(--c-line-soft);
  border-block-start: 2px solid var(--c-navy-600);
  display: grid; gap: var(--s-3); align-content: start;
  transition: transform var(--dur) var(--ease), box-shadow var(--dur) var(--ease),
              border-color var(--dur) var(--ease);
}
.card:hover {
  transform: translateY(-4px);
  box-shadow: var(--shadow-md);
  border-block-start-color: var(--accent);
}
.card__icon { color: var(--c-navy-600); }
.card__icon svg { inline-size: 26px; block-size: 26px; }
.card h3 { font-size: var(--t-md); font-weight: 600; line-height: 1.6; }
.card p { font-size: var(--t-sm); color: var(--text-muted); line-height: 1.85; }

/* --------------------------------------------------------------------------
   10. TRANSLATION (dark)
   -------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
.translation { background: var(--c-navy-900); color: var(--c-on-dark); }
.translation h2 { color: var(--c-on-dark); font-size: var(--t-4xl); }
.translation__grid {
  display: grid; grid-template-columns: minmax(0,.82fr) minmax(0,1.18fr);
  gap: clamp(2rem, 5vw, 5rem); align-items: center;
}
.translation__sub {
  max-inline-size: 30ch; margin-top: var(--s-4);
  color: var(--c-on-dark-muted); font-size: var(--t-md); line-height: 1.95;
}
.translation__body {
  padding: clamp(1.5rem, 3.5vw, 2.75rem);
  background: rgba(201,215,228,.055);
  border: 1px solid var(--c-on-dark-line);
}
.translation__lead {
  margin-bottom: var(--s-6);
  color: var(--c-on-dark); font-size: var(--t-lg); line-height: 2.05;
}

.bridge {
  display: grid; grid-template-columns: 1fr auto 1fr; gap: var(--s-4);
  align-items: stretch;
  margin-bottom: var(--s-7);
}
.bridge__label {
  display: flex; align-items: center; gap: .55rem;
  margin-bottom: var(--s-3);
  font-family: var(--font-body); font-size: var(--t-lg); font-weight: 600;
  letter-spacing: .01em; text-transform: none; color: var(--c-blue-200);
}
.bridge__side ul { display: grid; gap: .55rem; }
.bridge__side li {
  display: flex; align-items: baseline; gap: .6rem;
  font-size: var(--t-md); line-height: 1.8; color: var(--c-on-dark);
}
.bridge__side li::before {
  content: ""; flex: 0 0 auto;
  inline-size: 7px; block-size: 7px; margin-block-start: .55em;
  background: currentColor; opacity: .45;
  clip-path: polygon(0 0, 100% 50%, 0 100%); transform: scaleX(-1);
}
.bridge__side:last-child li::before { background: var(--accent-onDark); opacity: .9; }
.bridge__arrow { align-self: center; color: var(--accent-onDark); }
.bridge__arrow svg { inline-size: 40px; block-size: 24px; }

/* from tablet up: frame each side so the two read as a before → after pair */
@media (min-width: 621px) {
  .bridge { gap: clamp(1rem, 3vw, 2.25rem); }
  .bridge__side {
    padding: clamp(1.1rem, 2.4vw, 1.6rem) clamp(1.1rem, 2.4vw, 1.7rem);
    border: 1px solid var(--c-on-dark-line);
    background: rgba(201, 215, 228, .045);
  }
  .bridge__side:last-child {
    border-color: rgba(213, 161, 75, .4);
    background: rgba(213, 161, 75, .07);
  }
  .bridge__side:last-child .bridge__label { color: var(--accent-onDark); }
  .bridge__arrow svg { inline-size: 52px; block-size: 30px; }
}

/* --------------------------------------------------------------------------
   11. READINESS INDEX — signature interaction
   -------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
.readiness { background: var(--bg-raised); }
.quiz {
  border: 1px solid var(--border);
  background: var(--bg);
  box-shadow: var(--shadow-sm);
}
.quiz__form { padding: clamp(1.5rem, 3.5vw, 2.75rem); }
.quiz__list { display: grid; gap: var(--s-5); counter-reset: q; }

.q { display: grid; gap: var(--s-3); }
.q__label {
  display: flex; align-items: baseline; gap: .7rem;
  font-family: var(--font-display); font-size: var(--t-md);
  font-weight: 500; color: var(--text-strong); line-height: 1.65;
}
.q__n {
  flex: 0 0 auto;
  font-family: var(--font-serif); font-size: 1.15rem;
  color: var(--accent-text); font-weight: 600;
}
.q__opts { display: flex; gap: .5rem; flex-wrap: wrap; padding-inline-start: 2rem; }
.q__opt { position: relative; }
.q__opt input {
  position: absolute; opacity: 0;
  inline-size: 100%; block-size: 100%; margin: 0; cursor: pointer;
}
.q__opt span {
  display: grid; place-items: center;
  min-inline-size: 96px; min-block-size: 46px; padding: .4rem 1.1rem;
  background: var(--bg-raised);
  border: 1.5px solid var(--border);
  font-size: var(--t-sm); color: var(--text);
  transition: all var(--dur) var(--ease);
}
.q__opt input:hover + span { border-color: var(--c-navy-600); }
.q__opt input:focus-visible + span { outline: 3px solid var(--focus); outline-offset: 2px; }
.q__opt input:checked + span {
  background: var(--c-navy-900); border-color: var(--c-navy-900);
  color: var(--c-bone); font-weight: 600;
}

.quiz__foot {
  display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: space-between;
  gap: var(--s-4); flex-wrap: wrap;
  margin-top: var(--s-7); padding-top: var(--s-5);
  border-block-start: 1px solid var(--border);
}
.quiz__progress {
  font-family: var(--font-ui); font-size: var(--t-sm); color: var(--text-muted);
}

.quiz__result {
  display: grid; grid-template-columns: auto minmax(0,1fr);
  gap: clamp(1.5rem, 4vw, 3rem); align-items: center;
  padding: clamp(1.5rem, 3.5vw, 2.75rem);
  background: var(--c-navy-900); color: var(--c-on-dark);
}
.quiz__result[hidden] { display: none; }

.gauge { position: relative; display: grid; place-items: center; inline-size: 150px; }
.gauge svg { inline-size: 150px; block-size: 150px; transform: rotate(-90deg); }
.gauge__track { fill: none; stroke: rgba(201,215,228,.18); stroke-width: 7; }
.gauge__fill {
  fill: none; stroke: var(--accent-onDark); stroke-width: 7; stroke-linecap: round;
  stroke-dasharray: 327; stroke-dashoffset: 327;
  transition: stroke-dashoffset 900ms var(--ease);
}
.gauge__num {
  position: absolute; margin-block-start: -.4rem;
  font-family: var(--font-display); font-size: 2.6rem; font-weight: 500;
  color: var(--c-on-dark); line-height: 1;
}
.gauge__den {
  position: absolute; margin-block-start: 2.9rem;
  font-family: var(--font-ui); font-size: var(--t-xs);
  letter-spacing: .1em; color: var(--c-on-dark-muted);
}

.quiz__band {
  font-family: var(--font-display); font-size: var(--t-2xl);
  font-weight: 600; color: var(--c-on-dark); line-height: 1.4;
}
.quiz__text {
  margin-block: var(--s-3) var(--s-5);
  color: var(--c-on-dark-muted); font-size: var(--t-md); line-height: 2;
}
.quiz__actions { display: flex; gap: var(--s-3); flex-wrap: wrap; }
.quiz__actions .btn--quiet { color: var(--c-on-dark-muted); border-color: rgba(201,215,228,.35); }
.quiz__actions .btn--quiet:hover { color: var(--c-on-dark); border-color: var(--c-blue-200); }

/* --------------------------------------------------------------------------
   12. FOUNDER
   -------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
.founder { background: var(--bg); }
.founder__grid {
  display: grid; grid-template-columns: minmax(0,.78fr) minmax(0,1.22fr);
  gap: clamp(2rem, 5vw, 5rem); align-items: center;
}
.founder__media { margin: 0; position: relative; }
.founder__media img {
  inline-size: 100%; aspect-ratio: 3 / 4; object-fit: cover; object-position: 50% 12%;
  background: #E8EAEE;
  border-block-start: 4px solid var(--accent);
}
.founder__media figcaption {
  padding-block: .7rem;
  font-family: var(--font-ui); font-size: var(--t-xs);
  letter-spacing: .08em; color: var(--text-muted);
}
.founder h2 { font-size: var(--t-4xl); }
.founder h2 small {
  font-family: var(--font-ui); font-size: .9rem; font-weight: 700;
  letter-spacing: .12em; color: var(--accent-text); vertical-align: middle;
}
.founder__role { margin-block: .5rem var(--s-4); color: var(--c-navy-600); font-size: var(--t-md); }
.founder__bio { color: var(--text); font-size: var(--t-md); line-height: 2.05; max-inline-size: 58ch; }

.creds { margin-top: var(--s-6); border-block-start: 1px solid var(--border); }
.creds li {
  display: flex; align-items: flex-start; gap: .8rem;
  padding-block: .8rem;
  border-block-end: 1px solid var(--border);
  font-size: var(--t-sm); color: var(--text); line-height: 1.85;
}
.creds__mark {
  flex: 0 0 auto; margin-block-start: .62em;
  inline-size: 7px; block-size: 7px;
  background: var(--accent);
  clip-path: polygon(0 0, 100% 50%, 0 100%);
  transform: scaleX(-1);          /* points with the RTL reading flow */
}

.pull {
  margin: var(--s-6) 0 0;
  padding-inline-start: var(--s-5);
  border-inline-start: 3px solid var(--accent);
  font-family: var(--font-display); font-size: var(--t-xl);
  font-weight: 400; color: var(--text-strong); line-height: 1.75;
}

/* --------------------------------------------------------------------------
   13. METHOD (dark)
   -------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
.method { background: var(--c-navy-700); color: var(--c-on-dark); }
.method h2 { color: var(--c-on-dark); font-size: var(--t-4xl); }

.steps {
  display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(4, 1fr);
  border-block-start: 1px solid var(--c-on-dark-line);
}
.step {
  position: relative;
  padding: var(--s-6) var(--s-5) 0;
  border-inline-start: 1px solid var(--c-on-dark-line);
}
.step:last-child { border-inline-end: 1px solid var(--c-on-dark-line); }
.step::before {
  content: ""; position: absolute;
  inset-block-start: -5px; inset-inline-start: var(--s-5);
  inline-size: 9px; block-size: 9px;
  background: var(--accent-onDark); border-radius: 50%;
}
.step__num {
  font-family: var(--font-display); font-size: var(--t-sm);
  font-weight: 500; color: var(--accent-onDark); letter-spacing: .08em;
}
.step h3 {
  margin-block: .6rem .5rem;
  color: var(--c-on-dark); font-size: var(--t-lg); font-weight: 600;
}
.step p { color: var(--c-on-dark-muted); font-size: var(--t-sm); line-height: 1.95; }

.notice {
  display: flex; align-items: flex-start; gap: var(--s-4);
  margin-top: var(--s-8); padding: var(--s-5);
  background: rgba(14,31,57,.4);
  border-inline-start: 3px solid var(--accent-onDark);
}
.notice__icon { flex: 0 0 auto; color: var(--accent-onDark); margin-block-start: .2rem; }
.notice__icon svg { inline-size: 22px; block-size: 22px; }
.notice p { font-size: var(--t-sm); line-height: 2; color: var(--c-on-dark-muted); }
.notice b { color: var(--c-on-dark); font-weight: 600; }

/* --------------------------------------------------------------------------
   14. ACCORDIONS (sessions + FAQ)
   -------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
.journey { background: var(--bg-raised); }
.accordion { border-block-start: 1px solid var(--border); }
.acc-item { border-block-end: 1px solid var(--border); }

.acc-trigger {
  inline-size: 100%;
  display: grid; align-items: center; gap: var(--s-4);
  grid-template-columns: 3.25rem minmax(0,1fr) 1.75rem;
  padding-block: var(--s-4);
  background: none; border: 0; text-align: start;
  transition: background var(--dur) var(--ease);
}
.acc-trigger:hover { background: rgba(62,94,133,.045); }
.faq .acc-trigger { grid-template-columns: minmax(0,1fr) 1.75rem; }

.acc-n {
  font-family: var(--font-serif); font-size: 1.35rem; font-weight: 600;
  color: var(--accent-text); line-height: 1;
}
.acc-title {
  display: grid; gap: .15rem;
  font-family: var(--font-display); font-size: var(--t-md);
  font-weight: 500; color: var(--text-strong); line-height: 1.6;
}
.acc-title small {
  font-family: var(--font-ui); font-size: var(--t-xs); font-weight: 500;
  letter-spacing: .02em; color: var(--text-muted);
}
.acc-icon {
  position: relative; justify-self: end;
  inline-size: 18px; block-size: 18px;
  transition: transform var(--dur) var(--ease);
}
.acc-icon::before, .acc-icon::after {
  content: ""; position: absolute; inset-block-start: 50%; inset-inline-start: 0;
  inline-size: 18px; block-size: 1.5px; margin-block-start: -.75px;
  background: var(--accent);
}
.acc-icon::after { transform: rotate(90deg); transition: transform var(--dur) var(--ease); }
.acc-item.is-open .acc-icon { transform: rotate(180deg); }
.acc-item.is-open .acc-icon::after { transform: rotate(0deg); }

.acc-panel {
  display: grid; grid-template-rows: 0fr;
  transition: grid-template-rows var(--dur-slow) var(--ease);
}
.acc-item.is-open .acc-panel { grid-template-rows: 1fr; }
.acc-panel > div { overflow: hidden; }
.acc-body {
  padding-block-end: var(--s-5);
  padding-inline-start: 3.25rem; padding-inline-end: 2.5rem;
  color: var(--text-muted); font-size: var(--t-sm); line-height: 2;
}
.faq .acc-body { padding-inline-start: 0; }
.acc-out {
  display: inline-flex; align-items: center; gap: .5rem;
  margin-top: .75rem; padding: .35rem .75rem;
  background: rgba(163,102,37,.08);
  border: 1px solid rgba(163,102,37,.22);
  font-family: var(--font-ui); font-size: var(--t-xs); font-weight: 600;
  color: var(--accent-text);
}
.acc-out b { font-weight: 700; }

/* --------------------------------------------------------------------------
   15. DOSSIER
   -------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
.dossier { background: var(--bg); }
.dossier__grid {
  display: grid; grid-template-columns: minmax(0,1.05fr) minmax(0,.95fr);
  gap: clamp(2rem, 4vw, 3.5rem); align-items: start;
}
.dossier__intro { max-inline-size: 52ch; margin-bottom: var(--s-6); font-size: var(--t-md); line-height: 2.05; color: var(--text); }

.deliverables {
  display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(2, 1fr);
  gap: 1px; background: var(--border);
  border: 1px solid var(--border);
  margin-bottom: var(--s-6);
}
.deliverables li {
  padding: var(--s-4);
  background: var(--bg-raised);
  display: grid; gap: .2rem; align-content: start;
}
.deliverables .d-n {
  font-family: var(--font-serif); font-size: .95rem; font-weight: 600;
  color: var(--accent-text);
}
.deliverables h3 { font-size: var(--t-sm); font-weight: 600; line-height: 1.6; }
.deliverables p { font-size: var(--t-xs); color: var(--text-muted); line-height: 1.65; }

.dossier__figure { margin: 0; position: sticky; inset-block-start: calc(var(--header-h) + 1.5rem); }
.dossier__figure img { inline-size: 100%; border: 1px solid var(--border); }
.dossier__figure figcaption {
  padding-block: .7rem;
  font-family: var(--font-ui); font-size: var(--t-xs);
  letter-spacing: .14em; text-transform: uppercase; color: var(--text-muted);
}

/* --------------------------------------------------------------------------
   16. INVESTMENT
   -------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
.investment { background: var(--bg-raised); }
.plans { display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(3, 1fr); gap: var(--s-4); align-items: start; }
.plan {
  padding: var(--s-6);
  background: var(--bg);
  border: 1px solid var(--border);
  display: grid; gap: var(--s-3); align-content: start;
}
.plan--feature {
  background: var(--c-navy-900); color: var(--c-on-dark);
  border-color: var(--c-navy-900);
  box-shadow: var(--shadow-lg);
}
.plan__stage {
  font-family: var(--font-ui); font-size: var(--t-xs); font-weight: 700;
  letter-spacing: .1em; text-transform: uppercase; color: var(--text-muted);
}
.plan--feature .plan__stage { color: var(--accent-onDark); }
.plan h3 { font-size: var(--t-xl); }
.plan--feature h3 { color: var(--c-on-dark); }
.plan__desc { font-size: var(--t-sm); color: var(--text-muted); line-height: 1.9; }
.plan--feature .plan__desc { color: var(--c-on-dark-muted); }

.plan__price {
  padding-block: var(--s-3);
  border-block: 1px solid var(--border);
  display: flex; align-items: baseline; gap: .5rem; flex-wrap: wrap;
}
.plan--feature .plan__price { border-color: var(--c-on-dark-line); }
.plan__price b {
  font-family: var(--font-display); font-size: var(--t-3xl);
  font-weight: 500; color: var(--text-strong); line-height: 1;
}
.plan--feature .plan__price b { color: var(--accent-onDark); }
.plan__price span { font-size: var(--t-sm); color: var(--text-muted); }
.plan--feature .plan__price span { color: var(--c-on-dark-muted); }

.plan__list { display: grid; gap: .55rem; }
.plan__list li {
  display: flex; align-items: flex-start; gap: .6rem;
  font-size: var(--t-sm); color: var(--text); line-height: 1.8;
}
.plan--feature .plan__list li { color: var(--c-on-dark-muted); }
.plan__list li::before {
  content: ""; flex: 0 0 auto; margin-block-start: .58em;
  inline-size: 6px; block-size: 6px;
  background: var(--accent);
  clip-path: polygon(0 0, 100% 50%, 0 100%);
  transform: scaleX(-1);
}
.plan--feature .plan__list li::before { background: var(--accent-onDark); }
.plan__cta { margin-top: var(--s-3); }

.guarantee {
  margin-top: var(--s-6); padding: var(--s-5);
  border: 1px dashed var(--border);
  background: var(--bg);
}
.guarantee p {
  max-inline-size: 78ch; margin-inline: auto; text-align: center;
  font-family: var(--font-display); font-size: var(--t-md);
  font-weight: 400; color: var(--text-strong); line-height: 2;
}

/* --------------------------------------------------------------------------
   17. START (dark)
   -------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
.start { background: var(--c-navy-900); color: var(--c-on-dark); }
.start h2 { color: var(--c-on-dark); font-size: var(--t-4xl); }
.start__grid {
  display: grid; grid-template-columns: minmax(0,.85fr) minmax(0,1.15fr);
  gap: clamp(2rem, 5vw, 5rem);
}
.start__note {
  max-inline-size: 36ch; margin-top: var(--s-4);
  color: var(--c-on-dark-muted); font-size: var(--t-md); line-height: 2;
}
.start__steps { border-block-start: 1px solid var(--c-on-dark-line); }
.start__steps li {
  display: grid; grid-template-columns: 3rem minmax(0,1fr); gap: var(--s-4);
  padding-block: var(--s-4);
  border-block-end: 1px solid var(--c-on-dark-line);
}
.start__steps > li > span {
  font-family: var(--font-display); font-size: var(--t-sm);
  color: var(--accent-onDark);
}
.start__steps h3 { color: var(--c-on-dark); font-size: var(--t-lg); font-weight: 600; }
.start__steps p { margin-top: .2rem; color: var(--c-on-dark-muted); font-size: var(--t-sm); }

/* --------------------------------------------------------------------------
   18. FAQ
   -------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
.faq { background: var(--bg); }
.faq__grid {
  display: grid; grid-template-columns: minmax(0,.72fr) minmax(0,1.28fr);
  gap: clamp(2rem, 5vw, 5rem); align-items: start;
}
.faq h2 { font-size: var(--t-4xl); }
.faq__note { margin-top: var(--s-4); font-size: var(--t-md); }
.faq .acc-title { font-size: var(--t-md); font-weight: 600; }

/* --------------------------------------------------------------------------
   19. FINAL CTA
   -------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
.final {
  position: relative; isolation: isolate; overflow: clip;
  padding-block: clamp(5rem, 10vw, 8rem);
  background: var(--c-navy-900); color: var(--c-on-dark);
  text-align: center;
}
.final__bg { position: absolute; inset: 0; z-index: -1; }
.final__bg::before, .final__bg::after {
  content: ""; position: absolute;
  border: 1px solid rgba(201,215,228,.13); border-radius: 50%;
}
.final__bg::before { inline-size: 520px; aspect-ratio: 1; inset-inline-end: -240px; inset-block-start: -300px; }
.final__bg::after  { inline-size: 640px; aspect-ratio: 1; inset-inline-start: -380px; inset-block-end: -440px; }

.final__inner { position: relative; max-inline-size: 760px; }
.final__mark { inline-size: 58px; block-size: 58px; object-fit: contain; margin: 0 auto var(--s-5); }
.final h2 { color: var(--c-on-dark); font-size: var(--t-5xl); }
.final__inner > p {
  max-inline-size: 52ch; margin: var(--s-5) auto var(--s-6);
  color: var(--c-on-dark-muted); font-size: var(--t-md); line-height: 2.05;
}
.final__meta {
  margin-top: var(--s-4) !important;
  color: var(--c-blue-200) !important; font-family: var(--font-body); font-weight: 500;
  font-size: var(--t-md) !important; letter-spacing: .02em;
}
.final__quote {
  margin-top: var(--s-8) !important;
  padding-top: var(--s-6);
  border-block-start: 1px solid var(--c-on-dark-line);
  font-family: var(--font-display); font-size: var(--t-lg) !important;
  font-weight: 300; font-style: normal;
  color: var(--c-blue-200) !important; line-height: 2 !important;
}

/* --------------------------------------------------------------------------
   20. FOOTER
   -------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
.footer { background: var(--bg-raised); padding-block: var(--s-8) 0; }
.footer__inner {
  display: flex; justify-content: space-between; align-items: start;
  gap: var(--s-7); flex-wrap: wrap;
  padding-block-end: var(--s-6);
  border-block-end: 1px solid var(--border);
}
.footer__brand img { inline-size: 150px; block-size: auto; }
.footer__brand p {
  margin-top: .6rem;
  font-family: var(--font-ui); font-size: var(--t-xs);
  letter-spacing: .1em; text-transform: uppercase; color: var(--text-muted);
}
.footer__social { display: flex; align-items: center; gap: var(--s-3); }
.footer__social a {
  display: grid; place-items: center;
  inline-size: 44px; block-size: 44px;
  color: var(--text); border: 1px solid var(--border);
  transition: color var(--dur) var(--ease), border-color var(--dur) var(--ease),
              background var(--dur) var(--ease);
}
.footer__social a:hover {
  color: var(--accent-text); border-color: var(--accent);
  background: rgba(163, 102, 37, .06);
}
.footer__social svg { inline-size: 20px; block-size: 20px; }

/* full-bleed dark "credit" band — carries majarrah's own identity (neon on black) */
.footer__credit {
  margin-block-start: var(--s-6);
  padding-block: var(--s-7);
  position: relative; isolation: isolate; overflow: hidden;
  background-color: #080B10;
  background-image: radial-gradient(circle, rgba(45, 226, 197, .16) 1px, transparent 1.5px);
  background-size: 20px 20px;
}
.footer__credit::before {
  content: ""; position: absolute; inset: 0; z-index: -1; pointer-events: none;
  background:
    radial-gradient(38% 140% at 16% 50%, rgba(45, 226, 197, .18), transparent 70%),
    radial-gradient(38% 140% at 86% 50%, rgba(56, 132, 255, .12), transparent 70%);
}
.footer__credit p {
  margin: 0 auto;
  display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: center;
  flex-wrap: wrap; gap: .4rem 1rem; text-align: center;
  font-family: var(--font-ui); font-size: var(--t-base); font-weight: 700;
  letter-spacing: .03em; color: rgba(246, 244, 238, .82);
}
.footer__credit a {
  display: inline-flex; align-items: center;
  transition: transform var(--dur) var(--ease), filter var(--dur) var(--ease);
}
.footer__credit a:hover { transform: translateY(-1px); filter: brightness(1.18); }
.footer__credit img { block-size: 38px; inline-size: auto; display: block; }

/* --------------------------------------------------------------------------
   21. MOBILE DOCK
   -------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
.dock {
  position: fixed; z-index: 90;
  inset-inline: 0; inset-block-end: 0;
  padding: .75rem var(--gutter) calc(.75rem + env(safe-area-inset-bottom));
  background: rgba(246,244,238,.94);
  backdrop-filter: blur(12px);
  border-block-start: 1px solid var(--border);
  transform: translateY(120%);
  transition: transform var(--dur) var(--ease);
  display: none;
}
.dock.is-visible { transform: translateY(0); }
.dock__cta {
  display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: center; gap: .6rem;
  min-block-size: 52px;
  background: var(--accent); color: var(--c-white);
  font-family: var(--font-display); font-size: var(--t-sm); font-weight: 600;
  text-decoration: none;
}

/* --------------------------------------------------------------------------
   22. SCROLL REVEAL
   -------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
.js .reveal {
  opacity: 0; transform: translateY(18px);
  transition: opacity var(--dur-slow) var(--ease), transform var(--dur-slow) var(--ease);
  transition-delay: var(--reveal-delay, 0ms);
}
.js .reveal.is-in { opacity: 1; transform: none; }

/* --------------------------------------------------------------------------
   23. RESPONSIVE
   -------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
@media (max-width: 1080px) {
  .trust__list { grid-template-columns: repeat(2, 1fr); row-gap: var(--s-4); }
  .cards { grid-template-columns: repeat(2, 1fr); }
  .steps { grid-template-columns: repeat(2, 1fr); }
  .step { padding-block-end: var(--s-5); border-block-end: 1px solid var(--c-on-dark-line); }
  .step:nth-child(-n+2) { border-block-start: 0; }
  .plans { grid-template-columns: 1fr; }
  .plan--feature { order: -1; }
}

@media (max-width: 940px) {
  :root { --header-h: 68px; }

  .nav__links, .nav__cta { display: none; }
  .menu-toggle { display: grid; }

  .nav__links.is-open {
    display: grid; gap: 0;
    position: absolute; inset-inline: 0; inset-block-start: 100%;
    padding: var(--s-2) var(--gutter) var(--s-4);
    background: var(--c-bone);
    border-block-end: 1px solid var(--border);
    box-shadow: var(--shadow-lg);
    margin-inline: 0;
  }
  .nav__links.is-open a { padding-block: .9rem; border-block-end: 1px solid var(--c-line-soft); }
  .nav__links.is-open a::after { display: none; }
  .nav { position: relative; }

  .translation__grid,
  .founder__grid,
  .start__grid,
  .faq__grid,
  .dossier__grid,
  .head--split { grid-template-columns: 1fr; }

  .head--split { align-items: start; }
  .hero { min-block-size: 0; }
  .hero__tab { display: none; }
  .hero__portrait { inline-size: 100%; opacity: .5; }
  .hero__scrim { background:
      linear-gradient(to left, var(--c-navy-900) 12%, rgba(14,31,57,.90) 46%, rgba(14,31,57,.72) 100%),
      linear-gradient(to top, var(--c-navy-900) 4%, transparent 46%); }
  .hero__index { grid-template-columns: repeat(2, 1fr); gap: var(--s-5) 0; }
  .hero__index div:nth-child(3) { border-inline-start: 0; padding-inline-start: 0; }

  .founder__media { max-inline-size: 440px; }
  .dossier__figure { position: static; }

  .quiz__result { grid-template-columns: 1fr; justify-items: center; text-align: center; }
  .quiz__actions { justify-content: center; }

  .footer__inner { flex-direction: column; align-items: start; gap: var(--s-5); }

  .dock { display: block; }
  body { padding-block-end: 0; }
}

@media (max-width: 620px) {
  .brand__text small { display: none; }

  .cards { grid-template-columns: 1fr; }
  .steps { grid-template-columns: 1fr; }
  .step { border-inline: 0; }
  .step:last-child { border-inline-end: 0; }

  .bridge { grid-template-columns: 1fr; gap: var(--s-3); }
  .bridge__arrow { justify-self: center; transform: rotate(-90deg); }

  .deliverables { grid-template-columns: 1fr; }

  .hero__actions { display: grid; }
  .hero__actions .btn { inline-size: 100%; }
  .hero__meta { text-align: center; }

  .q__opts { padding-inline-start: 0; }
  .q__opt { flex: 1 1 auto; }
  .q__opt span { min-inline-size: 0; inline-size: 100%; }

  .quiz__foot { display: grid; }
  .quiz__foot .btn { inline-size: 100%; }

  .acc-trigger { grid-template-columns: 2.25rem minmax(0,1fr) 1.5rem; gap: var(--s-3); }
  .acc-body { padding-inline-start: 2.25rem; padding-inline-end: 0; }
}

/* --------------------------------------------------------------------------
   24. MOTION & FORCED-COLORS PREFERENCES
   -------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
  html { scroll-behavior: auto; }
  *, *::before, *::after {
    animation-duration: .01ms !important;
    animation-iteration-count: 1 !important;
    transition-duration: .01ms !important;
    scroll-behavior: auto !important;
  }
  .reveal { opacity: 1; transform: none; }
}

@media (forced-colors: active) {
  .card, .plan, .quiz, .acc-item { border: 1px solid CanvasText; }
  .chev, .creds__mark, .plan__list li::before { background: CanvasText; }
  .acc-icon::before, .acc-icon::after { background: CanvasText; }
}

@media print {
  .site-header, .dock, .progress, .skip-link, .hero__bg, .final__bg { display: none !important; }
  body { background: #fff; color: #000; }
  .acc-panel { grid-template-rows: 1fr !important; }
  .acc-icon { display: none; }
}

/* ==========================================================================
   25. MOTION SYSTEM — staged hero entrance + scroll choreography
   ========================================================================== */

/* --- Hero: masked line-by-line reveal, orchestrated on load --------------- */
.hero h1 .line {
  display: block;
  overflow: hidden;          /* the mask the text slides out of */
  padding-block-end: .04em;  /* room for Arabic descenders */
}
.hero h1 .line > span { display: block; }
.hero h1 .accent > span { display: inline-block; }   /* rule hugs the words */

.js .stage [data-stage],
.js .hero__visual[data-stage],
.js .hero__stats[data-stage] { opacity: 0; }
.js .hero h1 .line > span { transform: translateY(105%); }

.js .hero.is-ready [data-stage] {
  animation: stage-in 900ms var(--ease) both;
  animation-delay: calc((var(--i, 1) - 1) * 90ms);
}
.js .hero.is-ready h1 .line > span {
  animation: line-in 1000ms var(--ease) both;
  animation-delay: calc((var(--i, 1) - 1) * 90ms);
}
[data-stage="1"] { --i: 1; } [data-stage="2"] { --i: 2; }
[data-stage="3"] { --i: 3; } [data-stage="4"] { --i: 4; }
[data-stage="5"] { --i: 6; } [data-stage="6"] { --i: 7; }
[data-stage="7"] { --i: 8; } [data-stage="8"] { --i: 9; }

@keyframes stage-in  { from { opacity: 0; transform: translateY(16px); }
                       to   { opacity: 1; transform: none; } }
@keyframes line-in   { from { transform: translateY(105%); }
                       to   { transform: translateY(0); } }

/* the portrait field wipes in from the reading edge */
.js .hero.is-ready .hero__portrait {
  animation: portrait-in 1400ms var(--ease) 200ms both;
}
@keyframes portrait-in {
  from { opacity: 0; clip-path: inset(0 100% 0 0); }
  to   { opacity: 1; clip-path: inset(0 0 0 0); }
}

/* ambient drift behind the hero — transform only, never layout */
.hero__canvas::after {
  content: ""; position: absolute; inset: 0; pointer-events: none;
  background: radial-gradient(46% 52% at 88% 14%, rgba(62,94,133,.34), transparent 68%);
  animation: drift 26s ease-in-out infinite alternate;
}
@keyframes drift {
  from { transform: translate3d(0, 0, 0) scale(1); }
  to   { transform: translate3d(-3%, 2%, 0) scale(1.08); }
}



/* --- Scroll-driven reveals (native where supported, IO fallback) --------- */
@supports (animation-timeline: view()) {
  @media (prefers-reduced-motion: no-preference) {
    .js .reveal {
      opacity: 1; transform: none; transition: none;
      animation: reveal-in linear both;
      animation-timeline: view();
      animation-range: entry 10% cover 26%;
    }
    @keyframes reveal-in {
      from { opacity: 0; transform: translateY(22px); }
      to   { opacity: 1; transform: none; }
    }
  }
}

/* --- Micro-interactions -------------------------------------------------- */
:where(a, button) { -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; }
.btn:active, .dock__cta:active, .card:active, .acc-trigger:active { transform: scale(.985); }
.btn { will-change: transform; }

/* the chevron draws itself on hover of its parent action */
.chev--up { transform: rotate(90deg) scaleX(-1); }

/* section headings get a hairline that draws in */
.head h2 { position: relative; }

/* ==========================================================================
   26. DOSSIER VAULT — replaces the raster infographic
   ========================================================================== */
.vault { position: sticky; inset-block-start: calc(var(--header-h) + 2rem); }
.vault__stack { position: relative; padding: 1.5rem 1.5rem 2.25rem; }

/* the paper edges peeking out behind the cover */
.vault__sheet {
  position: absolute; inset: 1.5rem 1.5rem 2.25rem;
  background: var(--bg-raised);
  border: 1px solid var(--border);
  box-shadow: var(--shadow-md);
  transition: transform var(--dur-slow) var(--ease);
}
.vault__sheet:nth-child(1) { transform: rotate(-3.2deg) translate(16px, 14px); }
.vault__sheet:nth-child(2) { transform: rotate(2.2deg) translate(-13px, 8px); }
.vault:hover .vault__sheet:nth-child(1) { transform: rotate(-5.4deg) translate(26px, 22px); }
.vault:hover .vault__sheet:nth-child(2) { transform: rotate(4deg) translate(-21px, 13px); }
.vault__cover { transition: transform var(--dur-slow) var(--ease); }
.vault:hover .vault__cover { transform: translateY(-6px); }

.vault__cover {
  position: relative;
  display: grid; justify-items: center; gap: .5rem;
  padding: clamp(2rem, 4vw, 3rem) 1.75rem;
  text-align: center;
  background:
    radial-gradient(120% 90% at 50% 0%, #1B3355, transparent 70%),
    var(--c-navy-900);
  border: 1px solid rgba(201, 215, 228, .18);
  box-shadow: var(--shadow-lg);
  overflow: hidden;
}
/* a slow sheen crossing the cover */
.vault__cover::after {
  content: ""; position: absolute; inset: 0;
  background: linear-gradient(115deg, transparent 42%, rgba(213,161,75,.14) 50%, transparent 58%);
  transform: translateX(-120%);
  animation: sheen 7s ease-in-out 2s infinite;
  pointer-events: none;
}
@keyframes sheen { 0%,72% { transform: translateX(-120%); } 100% { transform: translateX(120%); } }

.vault__cover img { inline-size: 54px; block-size: 54px; object-fit: contain; }
.vault__label {
  font-family: var(--font-serif); font-size: 1.1rem;
  letter-spacing: .22em; color: var(--c-blue-200);
}
.vault__cover h3 {
  color: var(--c-on-dark); font-size: var(--t-xl); font-weight: 500;
  padding-block-start: .9rem; margin-block-start: .3rem;
  border-block-start: 1px solid rgba(201,215,228,.2);
  inline-size: 100%;
}
.vault__meta { display: grid; justify-items: center; gap: .35rem; margin-block-start: .6rem; }
.vault__meta b {
  font-family: var(--font-display); font-size: clamp(3rem, 7vw, 4.25rem);
  font-weight: 500; line-height: 1; color: var(--accent-onDark);
  font-variant-numeric: tabular-nums;
}
.vault__meta span {
  font-family: var(--font-ui); font-size: var(--t-xs); line-height: 1.8;
  letter-spacing: .06em; color: var(--c-on-dark-muted);
}
.vault__seal {
  position: absolute; inset-block-start: 1rem; inset-inline-start: 1rem;
  color: var(--accent-onDark); opacity: .55;
}
.vault__seal svg { inline-size: 44px; block-size: 44px; }
.vault__seal circle:first-child { transform-origin: center; animation: spin 34s linear infinite; }
@keyframes spin { to { transform: rotate(360deg); } }

/* deliverable cards become interactive, each tied to its session */
.deliverables li {
  position: relative;
  transition: background var(--dur) var(--ease), transform var(--dur) var(--ease);
}
.deliverables li::after {
  content: ""; position: absolute; inset-block-end: 0; inset-inline: 0;
  block-size: 2px; background: var(--accent);
  transform: scaleX(0); transform-origin: right;
  transition: transform var(--dur) var(--ease);
}
.deliverables li:hover { background: #FCFBF8; }
.deliverables li:hover::after { transform: scaleX(1); }
.d-src {
  font-family: var(--font-ui); font-size: 10.5px; font-weight: 600;
  letter-spacing: .06em; color: var(--c-navy-600);
  opacity: 0; transform: translateY(4px);
  transition: opacity var(--dur) var(--ease), transform var(--dur) var(--ease);
}
.deliverables li:hover .d-src, .deliverables li:focus-within .d-src { opacity: 1; transform: none; }

/* ==========================================================================
   27. SECTION RAIL (desktop) + BACK TO TOP
   ========================================================================== */
.rail {
  position: fixed; z-index: 80;
  inset-inline-end: 1.25rem; inset-block-start: 50%;
  transform: translateY(-50%);
  opacity: 0; pointer-events: none;
  transition: opacity var(--dur) var(--ease);
}
.rail.is-visible { opacity: 1; pointer-events: auto; }
.rail ul { display: grid; gap: .85rem; }
.rail a {
  position: relative; display: block;
  inline-size: 10px; block-size: 10px;
  border: 1.5px solid var(--c-navy-600); border-radius: 50%;
  opacity: .45;
  transition: all var(--dur) var(--ease);
}
.rail a::before {
  content: attr(data-label);
  position: absolute; inset-inline-end: 20px; inset-block-start: 50%;
  transform: translateY(-50%) translateX(6px);
  padding: .3rem .6rem; white-space: nowrap;
  background: var(--c-navy-900); color: var(--c-bone);
  font-family: var(--font-ui); font-size: 11px;
  opacity: 0; pointer-events: none;
  transition: opacity var(--dur) var(--ease), transform var(--dur) var(--ease);
}
.rail a:hover, .rail a:focus-visible { opacity: 1; }
.rail a:hover::before, .rail a:focus-visible::before { opacity: 1; transform: translateY(-50%); }
.rail a.is-active {
  opacity: 1; background: var(--accent); border-color: var(--accent);
  block-size: 24px; border-radius: 5px;
}
.hero-dark .rail a { border-color: var(--c-blue-200); }

.totop {
  position: fixed; z-index: 85;
  inset-inline-start: 1.25rem; inset-block-end: 1.25rem;
  display: grid; place-items: center;
  inline-size: 46px; block-size: 46px;
  background: var(--c-navy-900); color: var(--c-bone);
  border: 0; border-radius: 50%;
  box-shadow: var(--shadow-md);
  opacity: 0; transform: translateY(10px);
  transition: opacity var(--dur) var(--ease), transform var(--dur) var(--ease);
}
.totop.is-visible { opacity: 1; transform: none; }
.totop:hover { background: var(--c-navy-700); }

/* ==========================================================================
   28. MOBILE — carousels, sheet menu, dual dock
   ========================================================================== */
.snap-dots { display: none; }

@media (max-width: 940px) {
  .rail { display: none; }
  .totop { inset-block-end: calc(5.75rem + env(safe-area-inset-bottom)); inline-size: 42px; block-size: 42px; }
  @media (max-width: 620px) { .totop { display: none; } }

  /* nav becomes a full-height sheet */
  .nav__links.is-open {
    position: fixed; inset: var(--header-h) 0 0;
    display: flex; flex-direction: column;
    padding: var(--s-4) var(--gutter) calc(var(--s-8) + env(safe-area-inset-bottom));
    overflow-y: auto;
    background: var(--c-bone);
    animation: sheet-in var(--dur) var(--ease);
  }
  @keyframes sheet-in { from { opacity: 0; transform: translateY(-8px); } to { opacity: 1; transform: none; } }
  .nav__links.is-open a { font-size: var(--t-lg); padding-block: 1.05rem; }
  .nav__links-cta {
    margin-block-start: auto;
    display: flex !important; align-items: center; justify-content: center; gap: .6rem;
    min-block-size: 54px; border-block-end: 0 !important;
    background: var(--accent); color: var(--c-white);
    font-family: var(--font-display); font-weight: 600;
  }
  body.is-locked { overflow: hidden; }
}
@media (min-width: 941px) { .nav__links-cta { display: none; } }

@media (max-width: 620px) {
  /* horizontal snap rails instead of endless vertical stacks */
  .snap {
    display: grid;
    grid-template-columns: none;           /* drop the stacked layout's explicit track */
    grid-auto-flow: column;
    grid-auto-columns: min(78%, 300px);
    align-items: stretch;
    gap: var(--s-3);
    min-inline-size: 0;                    /* let the track shrink below max-content */
    overflow-x: auto; overscroll-behavior-inline: contain;
    scroll-snap-type: x mandatory;
    scroll-padding-inline: var(--gutter);
    padding-block-end: var(--s-3);
    scrollbar-width: none;
  }
  .snap::-webkit-scrollbar { display: none; }
  .snap > * { scroll-snap-align: start; }

  /* a .shell that becomes a track goes full-bleed with internal gutters,
     instead of using negative margins (which overflow the viewport). */
  .shell.snap { inline-size: 100%; margin-inline: 0; padding-inline: var(--gutter); }

  /* nested tracks bleed out of their padded parent */
  .deliverables.snap {
    background: none; border: 0;
    grid-auto-columns: min(72%, 265px);
    margin-inline: calc(var(--gutter) * -1);
    padding-inline: var(--gutter);
  }
  .deliverables.snap li { border: 1px solid var(--border); }

  /* grid/flex children must be allowed to shrink or the track pushes them wide */
  /* flex/grid children must be pinned to the container width, otherwise the
     horizontal track's max-content size pushes them past the viewport. */
  .dossier__grid > *, .dossier__copy { inline-size: 100%; min-inline-size: 0; max-inline-size: 100%; }
  .investment, .audience, .method, .dossier { overflow-x: clip; }

  .steps.snap { border-block-start: 0; }
  .steps.snap .step { border: 1px solid var(--c-on-dark-line); padding: var(--s-5); }
  /* the marker straddles the card's top rule, as it does on desktop — at
     var(--s-5) it landed directly on top of the step numeral. */
  .steps.snap .step::before { inset-block-start: -5px; }
  .plans.snap { grid-auto-columns: min(86%, 330px); }
  .plans.snap .plan--feature { order: 0; }

  .snap-dots {
    display: flex; justify-content: center; gap: .4rem;
    margin-block-start: var(--s-3);
  }
  .snap-dots button {
    inline-size: 7px; block-size: 7px; padding: 0;
    border: 0; border-radius: 50%;
    background: var(--c-navy-600); opacity: .3;
    transition: all var(--dur) var(--ease);
  }
  .snap-dots button.is-active { opacity: 1; background: var(--accent); inline-size: 20px; border-radius: 4px; }
  .method .snap-dots button { background: var(--c-blue-200); }
  .method .snap-dots button.is-active { background: var(--accent-onDark); }

  /* dual-action dock */
  .dock { display: grid; grid-template-columns: 1fr auto; gap: .5rem; }
  .dock__alt {
    display: grid; place-items: center;
    padding-inline: 1rem; min-block-size: 52px;
    border: 1.5px solid var(--c-navy-900); color: var(--c-navy-900);
    font-family: var(--font-display); font-size: var(--t-xs); font-weight: 600;
    text-decoration: none;
  }
  .dock__cta svg { flex: 0 0 auto; }

  /* let the portrait arrive sooner on small screens */
  .hero { padding-block: 2.25rem 3rem; }
  .hero__lede { margin-block: var(--s-4) var(--s-5); }
  /* type sits on flat navy; the portrait becomes a framed plate below it */
  .hero__portrait, .hero__spot { display: none; }
  .hero__scrim { background: none; }
  .hero__plate-m { display: block; }
  .hero__index { grid-template-columns: repeat(2, 1fr); }
  .mark { display: none; }
  .vault { position: static; }
  /* lead with the visual on phones, then the list */
  .dossier__grid { display: flex; flex-direction: column; }
  .dossier__grid .vault { order: -1; margin-block-end: var(--s-6); }
}

@media (min-width: 621px) { .dock__alt { display: none; } }

/* honour reduced motion across everything added above */
@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
  .js .stage [data-stage],
  .js .hero__visual[data-stage],
  .js .hero__stats[data-stage] { opacity: 1 !important; animation: none !important; }
  .js .hero h1 .line > span { transform: none !important; animation: none !important; }
  .hero__canvas::after, .vault__cover::after, .vault__seal circle:first-child { animation: none !important; }
  .hero__portrait img { transform: none !important; }
  .hero h1 .accent > span::after { transform: scaleX(1) !important; animation: none !important; }
  .btn:active, .card:active, .acc-trigger:active { transform: none; }
}


/* ==========================================================================
   29. PAGE-WIDE CRAFT — texture, drawn rules, spotlights, the journey spine
   ========================================================================== */

/* --- film grain on every dark field, so none of them read as flat fills --- */
.translation, .method, .start, .final, .plan--feature, .quiz__result, .vault__cover {
  position: relative;
}
.translation::after, .method::after, .start::after, .final::after,
.plan--feature::after, .quiz__result::after {
  content: ""; position: absolute; inset: 0; z-index: 0;
  pointer-events: none; opacity: .05; mix-blend-mode: overlay;
  background-image: url("data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' width='140' height='140'%3E%3Cfilter id='n'%3E%3CfeTurbulence type='fractalNoise' baseFrequency='.85' numOctaves='3' stitchTiles='stitch'/%3E%3C/filter%3E%3Crect width='100%25' height='100%25' filter='url(%23n)'/%3E%3C/svg%3E");
}
.translation > *, .method > *, .start > *, .final > *,
.plan--feature > *, .quiz__result > * { position: relative; z-index: 1; }

/* --- section headings sit above a rule that draws itself on entry -------- */
.head h2::after {
  content: ""; display: block;
  inline-size: 68px; block-size: 2px; margin-block-start: .7rem;
  background: var(--accent);
  transform: scaleX(0); transform-origin: right;
  transition: transform 700ms var(--ease) 120ms;
}
.on-dark .head h2::after,
.translation .head h2::after, .method .head h2::after,
.start h2::after, .final h2::after { background: var(--accent-onDark); }
.head.is-in h2::after, .js .head:not(.reveal) h2::after { transform: scaleX(1); }
@supports (animation-timeline: view()) {
  @media (prefers-reduced-motion: no-preference) {
    .head h2::after {
      transition: none;
      animation: rule-draw linear both;
      animation-timeline: view();
      animation-range: entry 18% cover 32%;
    }
  }
}

/* --- pointer-tracked sheen on cards -------------------------------------- */
.card, .plan { position: relative; overflow: hidden; }
.card::before, .plan::before {
  content: ""; position: absolute; inset: 0; z-index: 0;
  opacity: 0; transition: opacity 400ms var(--ease);
  background: radial-gradient(260px circle at var(--mx, 50%) var(--my, 50%),
              rgba(62,94,133,.10), transparent 68%);
}
.plan--feature::before {
  background: radial-gradient(280px circle at var(--mx, 50%) var(--my, 50%),
              rgba(213,161,75,.16), transparent 68%);
}
@media (hover: hover) and (pointer: fine) {
  .card:hover::before, .plan:hover::before { opacity: 1; }
}
.card > *, .plan > * { position: relative; z-index: 1; }

/* --- the journey gets a spine that fills as you read it ------------------ */
.journey .accordion { position: relative; padding-inline-start: 0; }
@media (min-width: 941px) {
  .journey .accordion { padding-inline-end: 2.5rem; }
  .journey .accordion::before {
    content: ""; position: absolute;
    inset-block: 0; inset-inline-end: 1rem;
    inline-size: 1px; background: var(--border);
  }
  .journey .accordion::after {
    content: ""; position: absolute;
    inset-block-start: 0; inset-inline-end: 1rem;
    inline-size: 3px; block-size: var(--spine, 0%);
    margin-inline-end: -1px;
    background: linear-gradient(var(--accent), var(--c-navy-600));
    transition: block-size 120ms linear;
  }
}

/* --- founder portrait: matched treatment + an offset gold frame ---------- */
.founder__media picture { display: block; position: relative; background: #EDEFF2; }
.founder__media::before {
  content: ""; position: absolute; z-index: -1;
  inset-block: 1.6rem -1.6rem; inset-inline: -1.6rem 1.6rem;
  border: 1px solid var(--accent);
  opacity: .5;
  transition: transform var(--dur-slow) var(--ease);
}
.founder__media { position: relative; z-index: 0; }
.founder__media:hover::before { transform: translate(1.6rem, -1.6rem) rotate(0deg); }

/* --- quieter, more deliberate link + focus states ------------------------ */
.acc-trigger { transition: background var(--dur) var(--ease), padding-inline-start var(--dur) var(--ease); }
.acc-item.is-open .acc-trigger { background: rgba(163,102,37,.045); }

@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
  .head h2::after { transform: scaleX(1) !important; animation: none !important; transition: none !important; }
  .founder__media::before { transition: none; }
  .journey .accordion::after { transition: none; }
}

/* --- dark fields get a light source, not a flat fill --------------------- */
.translation, .method, .start, .final {
  background-image:
    radial-gradient(90% 70% at 84% -10%, rgba(62,94,133,.42), transparent 62%),
    radial-gradient(60% 60% at 6% 108%, rgba(163,102,37,.14), transparent 68%);
  background-repeat: no-repeat;
}
.method { background-image:
    radial-gradient(85% 70% at 82% -14%, rgba(90,124,166,.34), transparent 62%),
    radial-gradient(55% 60% at 4% 110%, rgba(163,102,37,.12), transparent 66%); }

/* --- audience cards: a corner rule that opens on approach ---------------- */
.card { border-block-start-width: 1px; }
.card::after {
  content: ""; position: absolute; z-index: 2;
  inset-block-start: -1px; inset-inline-start: -1px;
  inline-size: 46px; block-size: 2px;
  background: var(--accent);
  transition: inline-size var(--dur-slow) var(--ease);
}
.card:hover::after, .card:focus-within::after { inline-size: 100%; }
.card__icon svg { transition: transform var(--dur-slow) var(--ease); }
.card:hover .card__icon svg { transform: translateY(-3px); }

/* --- the bridge arrow travels when its section is in view ---------------- */
.bridge__arrow svg { animation: nudge 3.4s var(--ease) infinite; }
@keyframes nudge {
  0%, 68%, 100% { transform: translateX(0); }
  82%           { transform: translateX(-7px); }
}

/* --- deliverable + credential markers pick up the accent on approach ----- */
.creds li { transition: padding-inline-start var(--dur) var(--ease); }
.creds li:hover { padding-inline-start: .4rem; }

@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
  .bridge__arrow svg { animation: none !important; }
  .card::after { transition: none; }
}

/* --- trust bar: full-width rows on phones so English never wraps mid-phrase */
@media (max-width: 620px) {
  .trust__list { grid-template-columns: 1fr; gap: var(--s-4); }
  .trust__inner { gap: var(--s-4); }
  /* the hero's closing rhythm is tighter without a second column of stats */
  .hero__index { margin-block-start: var(--s-6); padding-block-start: var(--s-4); }
  .hero__plate-m { margin-block-start: var(--s-5); }
}

/* ==========================================================================
   30. MOBILE — a designed layout, not a collapsed desktop one

   Everything in this section is scoped to ≤940px or ≤620px. Nothing here can
   reach the desktop composition. It is last in the cascade so it supersedes
   the earlier responsive blocks at equal specificity.
   ========================================================================== */

/* --------------------------------------------------------------------------
   30.1  Rhythm — a phone needs a tighter vertical beat than a 1440px canvas
   -------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
@media (max-width: 940px) {
  :root { --section-y: clamp(3.75rem, 9vw, 5.5rem); }

  .head { margin-bottom: var(--s-6); }
  .head--split { gap: var(--s-4); }
  .head__note { font-size: var(--t-md); line-height: 1.95; max-width: 54ch; }
  .head h2 { font-size: clamp(1.95rem, 6.4vw, 2.75rem); }
}

@media (max-width: 620px) {
  :root { --section-y: 3.5rem; }
  .head h2::after { inline-size: 52px; margin-block-start: .6rem; }
}

/* --------------------------------------------------------------------------
   30.2  Header — glass, so the page reads as one surface behind it
   -------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
@media (max-width: 940px) {
  /* The glass lives on a pseudo-element, not on .site-header itself.
     backdrop-filter makes an element a containing block for fixed-position
     descendants — on the header that re-anchored the full-height menu sheet
     to the 68px header box and collapsed it to a single row. */
  .site-header { background: transparent; }
  .site-header::before {
    content: ""; position: absolute; inset: 0; z-index: -1;
    background: rgba(246, 244, 238, .86);
    -webkit-backdrop-filter: saturate(1.4) blur(14px);
            backdrop-filter: saturate(1.4) blur(14px);
    transition: background var(--dur) var(--ease);
  }
  .site-header.is-stuck::before { background: rgba(246, 244, 238, .94); }
  .site-header.is-stuck {
    box-shadow: 0 1px 0 var(--border), 0 20px 34px -30px rgba(14, 31, 57, .6);
  }
  @supports not (backdrop-filter: blur(1px)) {
    .site-header::before { background: var(--c-bone); }
  }

  .nav__inner { gap: var(--s-4); }
  .brand img { inline-size: 38px; block-size: 38px; }
  .brand__text b { font-size: .98rem; letter-spacing: .14em; }

  .menu-toggle {
    inline-size: 44px; block-size: 44px;
    border-color: var(--c-line);
    transition: background var(--dur) var(--ease), border-color var(--dur) var(--ease);
  }
  .menu-toggle[aria-expanded="true"] { background: var(--c-navy-900); border-color: var(--c-navy-900); }
  .menu-toggle[aria-expanded="true"] i { background: var(--c-bone); }
}

/* --------------------------------------------------------------------------
   30.3  Menu sheet — a full page of its own, not a dropdown
   -------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
@media (max-width: 940px) {
  .nav__links.is-open {
    padding-block-start: var(--s-5);
    background:
      radial-gradient(120% 52% at 100% 0%, rgba(201, 215, 228, .40), transparent 62%),
      var(--c-bone);
  }
  .nav__links.is-open a:not(.nav__links-cta) {
    display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: space-between;
    min-block-size: 60px; padding-block: .95rem;
    font-family: var(--font-display); font-size: var(--t-lg); font-weight: 500;
    color: var(--text-strong);
    border-block-end: 1px solid var(--c-line-soft);
  }
  /* the chevron motif marks the far edge of every row */
  .nav__links.is-open a:not(.nav__links-cta)::before {
    content: ""; flex: 0 0 auto;
    inline-size: .62em; block-size: .62em;
    background: var(--accent);
    clip-path: polygon(0 0, 100% 50%, 0 100%);
    transform: scaleX(-1);
    opacity: .45;
    transition: opacity var(--dur) var(--ease), transform var(--dur) var(--ease);
  }
  .nav__links.is-open a.is-active::before { opacity: 1; transform: scaleX(-1) translateX(2px); }
  .nav__links.is-open a.is-active { color: var(--accent-text); }

  /* `.nav__links a` (0,1,1) outranks `.nav__links-cta` (0,1,0), so the white
     this button was meant to have never applied — it rendered body navy on
     gold at 2.1:1. Matching the sheet selector settles it. */
  .nav__links.is-open a.nav__links-cta {
    margin-block-start: auto;
    justify-content: center;
    color: var(--c-white);
    box-shadow: var(--shadow-md);
  }
  .nav__links.is-open { padding-block-end: calc(var(--s-5) + env(safe-area-inset-bottom)); }
  .nav__links-cta:hover { background: var(--c-gold-700); }

  /* rows arrive in sequence rather than all at once */
  .nav__links.is-open a { animation: sheet-row 460ms var(--ease) both; }
  .nav__links.is-open a:nth-child(1) { animation-delay:  40ms; }
  .nav__links.is-open a:nth-child(2) { animation-delay:  85ms; }
  .nav__links.is-open a:nth-child(3) { animation-delay: 130ms; }
  .nav__links.is-open a:nth-child(4) { animation-delay: 175ms; }
  .nav__links.is-open a:nth-child(5) { animation-delay: 220ms; }
  .nav__links.is-open a:nth-child(6) { animation-delay: 265ms; }
  .nav__links.is-open a:nth-child(7) { animation-delay: 310ms; }
  @keyframes sheet-row {
    from { opacity: 0; transform: translateY(10px); }
    to   { opacity: 1; transform: none; }
  }
}

/* --------------------------------------------------------------------------
   30.4  Hero — the phone gets its own composition, not a stripped desktop one
   -------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
@media (max-width: 620px) {
  .hero { padding-block: 2.75rem 3.25rem; }

  /* the print grid halves so it still reads as a spine at 390px */
  .hero__rules { grid-template-columns: repeat(2, 1fr); }
  .hero__rules i:nth-child(n+3) { display: none; }

  /* registration marks come back — they were switched off entirely */
  .mark { display: block; inline-size: 18px; block-size: 18px; opacity: .42; }
  .mark--tr { inset-block-start: 18px; inset-inline-start: 16px; }
  .mark--bl { inset-block-end: 16px; inset-inline-end: 14px; }

  .hero h1 {
    font-size: clamp(2.3rem, 10.6vw, 3.1rem);
    line-height: 1.28;
    max-inline-size: 13ch;
  }
  .hero h1 .accent > span::after { block-size: 2px; inset-block-end: .1em; }

  .hero__lede {
    margin-block: var(--s-4) var(--s-5);
    font-size: var(--t-md); line-height: 1.95;
    max-inline-size: 40ch;
  }

  /* one decisive action, one quiet one — not two competing full-width buttons */
  .hero__actions { display: grid; gap: .55rem; justify-items: stretch; }
  .hero__actions .btn--gold { inline-size: 100%; min-block-size: 56px; font-size: var(--t-base); }
  .hero__actions .btn--ghost {
    inline-size: auto; justify-self: start;
    padding-inline: 0; min-block-size: 44px;
  }
  .hero__meta { text-align: start; margin-block-start: var(--s-3); }
}

/* ---- the portrait plate: a full-bleed dossier page ---------------------- */
@media (max-width: 620px) {
  .hero__plate-m {
    display: block; position: relative;
    margin: var(--s-6) calc(var(--gutter) * -1) 0;
  }
  .hero__plate-m picture {
    display: block; position: relative; overflow: hidden;
    background: var(--c-navy-900);
    border-block-start: 0;
  }
  .hero__plate-m img {
    inline-size: 100%; aspect-ratio: 5 / 4;
    object-fit: cover; object-position: 52% 14%;
  }
  /* the rule above the plate is part gold, part slate — the deck's own device */
  .hero__plate-m picture::before {
    content: ""; position: absolute; z-index: 2;
    inset-block-start: 0; inset-inline: 0; block-size: 2px;
    background: linear-gradient(to left,
      var(--accent-onDark) 0 34%, rgba(201, 215, 228, .28) 34%);
  }
  /* scrim so the caption sits on the image without fighting it */
  .hero__plate-m picture::after {
    content: ""; position: absolute; inset: 0; z-index: 1; pointer-events: none;
    background:
      linear-gradient(to top, rgba(14, 31, 57, .94) 0%, rgba(14, 31, 57, .78) 18%,
                              rgba(14, 31, 57, .12) 46%, transparent 64%),
      radial-gradient(110% 78% at 34% 22%, transparent 48%, rgba(0, 0, 0, .40) 100%);
  }

  .plate__tab {
    position: absolute; z-index: 3;
    inset-block-start: .9rem; inset-inline-start: .95rem;
    display: grid; justify-items: center; gap: .5rem;
  }
  .plate__n {
    font-family: var(--font-serif); font-size: 1.3rem; font-weight: 600;
    color: var(--accent-onDark); line-height: 1;
  }
  .plate__rule {
    inline-size: 1px; block-size: 44px;
    background: linear-gradient(var(--accent-onDark), transparent);
  }
  .plate__label {
    writing-mode: vertical-rl; text-orientation: mixed;
    font-family: var(--font-ui); font-size: 10px; font-weight: 600;
    letter-spacing: .26em; text-transform: uppercase;
    color: rgba(201, 215, 228, .78); white-space: nowrap;
  }

  .hero__plate-m figcaption {
    position: absolute; z-index: 3;
    inset-inline: 0; inset-block-end: 0;
    display: grid; gap: .2rem;
    padding: 2rem 1.15rem .95rem;
  }
  .plate__cap {
    font-family: var(--font-display); font-size: var(--t-sm); font-weight: 500;
    color: var(--c-white); line-height: 1.6;
  }
  .plate__who {
    font-family: var(--font-ui); font-size: var(--t-xs); font-weight: 600;
    letter-spacing: .1em; color: var(--c-blue-200); text-align: right;
  }
}

/* ---- the index strip: a real 2×2 register, hairlines on every edge ------- */
@media (max-width: 620px) {
  .hero__index {
    grid-template-columns: repeat(2, 1fr);
    gap: 0;
    margin-block-start: var(--s-7);
    padding-block-start: 0;
    border-block-start: 0;
  }
  .hero__index div {
    padding: var(--s-4) 0;
    gap: .3rem;
    border-block-start: 1px solid var(--c-on-dark-line);
    border-inline-start: 0;
  }
  /* in RTL the even cell is the left one, so its inline-start edge is the divider */
  .hero__index div:nth-child(even) {
    border-inline-start: 1px solid var(--c-on-dark-line);
    padding-inline-start: var(--s-4);
  }
  .hero__index div:nth-child(odd) { padding-inline-end: var(--s-4); padding-inline-start: 0; }
  .hero__index div:first-child { padding-inline-start: 0; }
  .hero__index b { font-size: 2rem; }
  .hero__index span { font-size: var(--t-xs); line-height: 1.65; }
}

/* --------------------------------------------------------------------------
   30.5  Credentials — a rail, like every other group of more than two cards
   -------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
@media (max-width: 620px) {
  .trust { overflow-x: clip; }
  .trust__inner { padding-block: var(--s-5); gap: var(--s-3); }
  .trust__list.snap {
    background: none; border: 0;
    /* section 29 still sets an explicit 1fr track on this list at ≤620px; with
       grid-auto-flow:column that track absorbed card one and squashed it to
       110px while the rest sized correctly. */
    grid-template-columns: none;
    grid-auto-columns: min(66%, 235px);
    margin-inline: calc(var(--gutter) * -1);
    padding-inline: var(--gutter);
  }
  .trust__list li {
    align-content: start; gap: .3rem;
    padding: var(--s-4);
    background: var(--bg-raised);
    border: 1px solid var(--c-line-soft);
    border-block-start: 2px solid var(--c-blue-200);
    border-inline-start: 1px solid var(--c-line-soft);
  }
  /* English strings stay LTR internally but hang from the reading edge */
  .trust__list b[lang="en"] { text-align: right; }
  .trust__list b { font-size: var(--t-sm); line-height: 1.55; }
  .trust__list span { font-size: 12.5px; line-height: 1.65; }
}

/* --------------------------------------------------------------------------
   30.6  Carousels — same rails, better manners
   -------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
@media (max-width: 620px) {
  .snap { gap: var(--s-3); padding-block-end: var(--s-2); }
  .cards.snap { grid-auto-columns: min(80%, 300px); }
  .cards.snap .card { padding: var(--s-5) var(--s-4); }
  .steps.snap { grid-auto-columns: min(80%, 300px); }
  .plans.snap { grid-auto-columns: min(88%, 330px); }
  .plans.snap .plan { padding: var(--s-5); }

  .snap-dots { margin-block-start: var(--s-4); }

  /* long tracks get a rail + counter instead of a row of a dozen dots */
  .snap-rail {
    display: grid; grid-template-columns: 1fr auto;
    align-items: center; gap: var(--s-4);
    margin-block-start: var(--s-4);
  }
  .snap-rail__track {
    position: relative; block-size: 2px;
    background: var(--c-line);
  }
  .snap-rail__fill {
    position: absolute; inset-block: 0; inset-inline-start: 0;
    inline-size: var(--w, 20%);
    background: var(--accent);
    transition: inline-size 220ms var(--ease);
  }
  .snap-rail__count {
    font-family: var(--font-ui); font-size: var(--t-xs); font-weight: 700;
    letter-spacing: .08em; color: var(--text-muted);
    font-variant-numeric: tabular-nums;
  }
  .snap-rail__count b { color: var(--text-strong); }
  .method .snap-rail__track { background: var(--c-on-dark-line); }
  .method .snap-rail__fill { background: var(--accent-onDark); }
  .method .snap-rail__count { color: var(--c-on-dark-muted); }
  .method .snap-rail__count b { color: var(--c-on-dark); }
}
@media (min-width: 621px) { .snap-rail { display: none; } }

/* --------------------------------------------------------------------------
   30.7  Readiness tool — the page's one interaction, so it gets the most care
   -------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
@media (max-width: 620px) {
  /* .shell sets an explicit width, so full-bleed here means dropping the width
     constraint rather than pulling it out with negative margins. */
  .quiz { inline-size: auto; margin-inline: 0; border-inline: 0; }
  .quiz__form { padding: var(--s-5) var(--gutter); }
  .quiz__list { gap: 0; }
  .q { padding-block: var(--s-5); }
  .q:first-child { padding-block-start: 0; }
  .quiz__list > .q + .q { border-block-start: 1px solid var(--c-line-soft); }

  .q__label { align-items: flex-start; gap: .55rem; font-size: var(--t-sm); line-height: 1.75; }
  .q__n { font-size: 1.05rem; line-height: 1.6; }

  .q__opts { display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(3, 1fr); gap: .4rem; }
  .q__opt span {
    inline-size: 100%; min-inline-size: 0; min-block-size: 48px;
    padding-inline: .5rem; font-size: var(--t-sm);
  }
  .q__opt input:checked + span { box-shadow: 0 6px 18px -12px rgba(14, 31, 57, .8); }

  .quiz__foot { margin-top: var(--s-5); padding-top: var(--s-4); gap: var(--s-3); }
  .quiz__progress { text-align: start; }

  .quiz__result { padding: var(--s-6) var(--gutter); gap: var(--s-5); }
  .gauge, .gauge svg { inline-size: 128px; }
  .gauge svg { block-size: 128px; }
  .gauge__num { font-size: 2.25rem; }
  .gauge__den { margin-block-start: 2.4rem; }
  .quiz__band { font-size: var(--t-xl); }
  .quiz__text { font-size: var(--t-sm); line-height: 1.95; }
  .quiz__actions { display: grid; inline-size: 100%; gap: .55rem; }
  .quiz__reading { inline-size: 100%; }
  .quiz__actions .btn { inline-size: 100%; }
}

/* --------------------------------------------------------------------------
   30.8  Founder — full-bleed portrait, credentials that hang from the rule
   -------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
@media (max-width: 620px) {
  .founder__grid { gap: var(--s-6); }
  .founder__media {
    max-inline-size: none;
    margin-inline: calc(var(--gutter) * -1);
  }
  /* the offset frame needs air a 390px screen does not have */
  .founder__media::before { display: none; }
  .founder__media picture { border-block-start: 3px solid var(--accent); }
  .founder__media img {
    aspect-ratio: 4 / 5; object-position: 50% 10%;
    border-block-start: 0;
  }
  .founder__media figcaption { padding-inline: var(--gutter); text-align: right; }

  .founder h2 small { display: inline-block; margin-inline-start: .4rem; }
  .founder__bio { font-size: var(--t-sm); line-height: 1.95; }
  .creds li { gap: .65rem; font-size: 13.5px; line-height: 1.75; padding-block: .75rem; }
  .creds li > span[lang="en"] { text-align: right; }
  .pull { font-size: var(--t-lg); padding-inline-start: var(--s-4); }
}

/* --------------------------------------------------------------------------
   30.9  Journey + FAQ — rows that are comfortable to hit
   -------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
@media (max-width: 620px) {
  .acc-trigger { min-block-size: 60px; padding-block: var(--s-3); }
  .acc-title { font-size: var(--t-sm); line-height: 1.65; }
  .acc-title small { font-size: 12px; }
  .acc-n { font-size: 1.2rem; }
  .acc-body { font-size: 13.5px; line-height: 1.95; padding-block-end: var(--s-4); }
  .acc-out { font-size: 12px; }
  .faq .acc-title { font-size: var(--t-sm); }
}

/* --------------------------------------------------------------------------
   30.10  Dossier, investment, start
   -------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
@media (max-width: 620px) {
  .vault__stack { padding: 1rem 1rem 1.75rem; }
  .vault__sheet { inset: 1rem 1rem 1.75rem; }
  .vault__cover { padding: var(--s-7) var(--s-5); }
  .vault__cover img { inline-size: 46px; block-size: 46px; }
  .vault__meta b { font-size: 3.25rem; }
  .dossier__intro { font-size: var(--t-sm); line-height: 1.95; margin-bottom: var(--s-5); }
  .dossier__copy > .btn { inline-size: 100%; }

  .guarantee { padding: var(--s-4); margin-top: var(--s-5); }
  .guarantee p { font-size: var(--t-sm); line-height: 1.9; }

  .start__steps li { grid-template-columns: 2.25rem minmax(0, 1fr); gap: var(--s-3); padding-block: var(--s-4); }
  .start__steps h3 { font-size: var(--t-md); }
  /* four numbered steps is more than two cards, so it rides a rail too */
  .start { overflow-x: clip; }
  .start__steps.snap {
    border-block-start: 0;
    grid-auto-columns: min(72%, 262px);
    margin-inline: calc(var(--gutter) * -1);
    padding-inline: var(--gutter);
  }
  .start__steps.snap li {
    display: block;
    padding: var(--s-5) var(--s-4);
    border: 1px solid var(--c-on-dark-line);
    border-block-start: 2px solid var(--accent-onDark);
  }
  .start__steps.snap > li > span { display: block; margin-block-end: .55rem; }
  .start .snap-dots button { background: var(--c-blue-200); }
  .start .snap-dots button.is-active { background: var(--accent-onDark); }
  .notice { padding: var(--s-4); gap: var(--s-3); }
  .notice p { font-size: 13.5px; line-height: 1.9; }

  .final { padding-block: 4.5rem 4rem; }
  .final h2 { font-size: clamp(2.1rem, 9vw, 2.9rem); }
  .final__inner > p { font-size: var(--t-sm); line-height: 1.95; }
  .final .btn--lg { inline-size: 100%; }
  .final__quote { font-size: var(--t-md) !important; margin-top: var(--s-7) !important; padding-top: var(--s-5); }
}

/* --------------------------------------------------------------------------
   30.11  Footer — compact, and structured as label/value rows

   It was running to nearly a full screen: an oversized wordmark, a link grid
   on 46px rows, and three contact links that each aligned differently because
   two of them had no label to sit against. Now: the mark and its line share a
   row, the links tighten, and every contact row reads label → value.
   -------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
@media (max-width: 620px) {
  .footer { padding-block: var(--s-5) 0; }
  .footer__credit { margin-block-start: var(--s-5); padding-block: var(--s-5); }
  .footer__credit p { font-size: var(--t-sm); gap: .35rem .7rem; }
  .footer__credit img { block-size: 30px; }
  .footer__inner {
    gap: var(--s-4); padding-block-end: var(--s-4);
    align-items: center;
  }

  /* nowrap keeps the line intact where it fits; wrap stops it forcing the
     page wider than the viewport at 320px */
  .footer__brand {
    display: flex; align-items: center; flex-wrap: wrap;
    justify-content: space-between; gap: .5rem .8rem;
  }
  .footer__brand img { inline-size: 92px; }
  .footer__brand p {
    margin: 0; font-size: 9.5px; line-height: 1.5;
    letter-spacing: .08em; white-space: nowrap;
  }
}

/* --------------------------------------------------------------------------
   30.12  Dock — the persistent action, sized like a real app bar
   -------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
@media (max-width: 620px) {
  .dock {
    gap: .5rem;
    padding: .55rem var(--gutter) calc(.55rem + env(safe-area-inset-bottom));
    background: rgba(246, 244, 238, .90);
    -webkit-backdrop-filter: saturate(1.5) blur(16px);
            backdrop-filter: saturate(1.5) blur(16px);
    box-shadow: 0 -14px 34px -26px rgba(14, 31, 57, .65);
  }
  @supports not (backdrop-filter: blur(1px)) { .dock { background: var(--c-bone); } }
  .dock__cta { min-block-size: 50px; box-shadow: 0 8px 20px -14px rgba(163, 102, 37, .9); }
  .dock__alt { min-block-size: 50px; padding-inline: .85rem; font-size: 12.5px; }
}

/* --------------------------------------------------------------------------
   30.13  Narrow phones (≤360px) — nothing may clip
   -------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
@media (max-width: 360px) {
  .hero h1 { font-size: 2.05rem; }
  .hero__index b { font-size: 1.75rem; }
  .trust__list { grid-template-columns: 1fr; }
  .q__opt span { padding-inline: .3rem; font-size: 13px; }
  .brand__text b { font-size: .88rem; letter-spacing: .1em; }
  .dock__alt { padding-inline: .6rem; font-size: 12px; }
}

/* --------------------------------------------------------------------------
   30.14  The bridge — a transition, drawn as one
   Two plain lists with a loose arrow between them read as a list on a phone.
   Each side now hangs off a labelled rule, and the arrow sits on a broken
   connector so the eye follows "what you carry" down into "what you need".
   -------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
@media (max-width: 620px) {
  .bridge {
    gap: 0; padding-block: var(--s-5);
    border-block: 1px solid var(--c-on-dark-line);
  }

  .bridge__label {
    display: flex; align-items: center; gap: .7rem;
    margin-bottom: .8rem;
  }
  .bridge__label::after {
    content: ""; flex: 1 1 auto;
    block-size: 1px; background: var(--c-on-dark-line);
  }

  .bridge__side li {
    display: flex; align-items: baseline; gap: .6rem;
    line-height: 1.95;
  }
  .bridge__side li::before {
    content: ""; flex: 0 0 auto;
    inline-size: 5px; block-size: 5px;
    background: var(--c-blue-200);
    clip-path: polygon(0 0, 100% 50%, 0 100%);
    transform: scaleX(-1); opacity: .65;
  }

  /* the two sides read as before → after: "ما تحمله معك" stays neutral,
     "ما تحتاج إليه" (the goal) is carried in gold on a tinted panel */
  .bridge__side:first-child { opacity: .82; }
  .bridge__side:last-child {
    padding: var(--s-4) var(--s-4) var(--s-2);
    background: rgba(213, 161, 75, .07);
    border-inline-start: 2px solid var(--accent-onDark);
  }
  .bridge__side:last-child .bridge__label { color: var(--accent-onDark); }
  .bridge__side:last-child .bridge__label::after { background: rgba(213, 161, 75, .5); }
  .bridge__side:last-child li { color: var(--c-on-dark); }
  .bridge__side:last-child li::before { background: var(--accent-onDark); opacity: 1; }

  .bridge__arrow {
    position: relative;
    justify-self: stretch; align-self: stretch;
    display: grid; place-items: center;
    padding-block: var(--s-5); margin-block: var(--s-2);
    transform: none;
  }
  /* the connector breaks around the icon rather than running under it */
  .bridge__arrow::before, .bridge__arrow::after {
    content: ""; position: absolute;
    inset-inline-start: calc(50% - .5px); inline-size: 1px;
  }
  .bridge__arrow::before {
    inset-block: 0 calc(50% + 16px);
    background: linear-gradient(to bottom, transparent, var(--accent-onDark));
  }
  .bridge__arrow::after {
    inset-block: calc(50% + 16px) 0;
    background: linear-gradient(to bottom, var(--accent-onDark), transparent);
  }
  /* `rotate` rather than `transform`: the nudge keyframes animate transform,
     which would otherwise cancel the rotation on every frame. */
  .bridge__arrow svg {
    position: relative; z-index: 1;
    inline-size: 26px; block-size: 18px;
    rotate: -90deg;
  }
}

/* --------------------------------------------------------------------------
   30.15  Late corrections
   -------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
@media (max-width: 620px) {
  /* the position counter belongs at the reading edge, not trailing the rail */
  .snap-rail__count { order: -1; }
}

/* --------------------------------------------------------------------------
   30.16  Reduced motion — everything added above obeys it
   -------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
  .nav__links.is-open a { animation: none !important; }
  .snap-rail__fill { transition: none !important; }
}

/* ==========================================================================
   31. TABLET (621–940px) — the range that was falling between two designs

   Below 941px the hero was dropping the portrait to `opacity: .5` across the
   full width, leaving a half-visible face washed out behind the headline —
   neither the desktop composition nor the phone's plate. This range now gets
   the desktop's arrangement, scaled: the portrait holds the end edge at full
   strength and a scrim carries the type side back to solid navy.
   ========================================================================== */
@media (min-width: 621px) and (max-width: 940px) {
  .hero { min-block-size: min(700px, 90svh); }

  .hero__portrait { inline-size: 64%; opacity: 1; }
  .hero__portrait img { object-position: 60% 16%; }
  .hero__scrim {
    background:
      linear-gradient(to left,
        var(--c-navy-900) 0%, var(--c-navy-900) 36%,
        rgba(14, 31, 57, .95) 47%, rgba(14, 31, 57, .58) 62%, transparent 78%),
      linear-gradient(to top,
        var(--c-navy-900) 6%, rgba(14, 31, 57, .74) 22%, transparent 46%);
  }
  .hero h1 { max-inline-size: 13ch; }
  .hero__lede { max-inline-size: 38ch; }
  .hero__index { grid-template-columns: repeat(4, 1fr); }
  .hero__index div:nth-child(3) {
    border-inline-start: 1px solid var(--c-on-dark-line);
    padding-inline-start: var(--s-4);
  }
}

/* the credential tiles hang from the reading edge here too — the English
   entries were still aligning left against right-aligned Arabic siblings */
@media (min-width: 621px) and (max-width: 940px) {
  .trust__list b[lang="en"] { text-align: right; }
}

/* --------------------------------------------------------------------------
   31. INTAKE MODAL — questionnaire shown before any "احجز مكالمة" CTA
   -------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
.intake[hidden] { display: none; }
.intake [hidden] { display: none; }   /* .btn sets display:inline-flex, which beats the UA [hidden] rule */
body.is-locked { overflow: hidden; }

.intake {
  position: fixed; inset: 0; z-index: 200;
  display: grid; place-items: center;
  padding: clamp(0px, 4vw, 2.5rem);
}
.intake__overlay {
  position: absolute; inset: 0;
  background: rgba(14, 31, 57, .58);
  backdrop-filter: blur(3px);
}

.intake__dialog {
  position: relative;
  inline-size: min(100%, 720px);
  max-block-size: min(94vh, 940px);
  display: flex; flex-direction: column;
  background: var(--c-bone);
  border: 1px solid var(--border);
  box-shadow: var(--shadow-lg);
  overflow-y: auto;
}

.intake__head {
  position: sticky; inset-block-start: 0; z-index: 2;
  display: flex; align-items: flex-start; justify-content: space-between; gap: var(--s-4);
  padding: var(--s-6) var(--s-6) var(--s-4);
  background: var(--c-bone);
}
.intake__eyebrow {
  margin: 0 0 .35rem;
  font-family: var(--font-body); font-size: var(--t-sm); font-weight: 600;
  letter-spacing: .04em; color: var(--c-navy-600);
}
.intake__title {
  margin: 0;
  font-family: var(--font-display); font-size: var(--t-2xl);
  font-weight: 600; color: var(--text-strong); line-height: 1.4;
}
.intake__close {
  flex: 0 0 auto;
  inline-size: 44px; block-size: 44px;
  display: grid; place-items: center;
  background: none; border: 1px solid var(--border);
  font-size: 1.6rem; line-height: 1; color: var(--text-muted);
  transition: border-color var(--dur) var(--ease), color var(--dur) var(--ease);
}
.intake__close:hover { border-color: var(--c-navy-600); color: var(--text-strong); }

.intake__progress {
  display: flex; gap: 5px;
  margin: var(--s-2) var(--s-6) 0;
}
.intake__progress span {
  flex: 1; block-size: 6px;
  background: rgba(14, 31, 57, .12);
  transition: background var(--dur) var(--ease);
}
.intake__progress span.is-done { background: var(--accent); }
.intake__count {
  margin: .6rem var(--s-6) 0;
  font-family: var(--font-ui); font-size: var(--t-xs); font-weight: 600;
  letter-spacing: .04em; color: var(--c-navy-600);
}
.intake__count b { font-weight: 700; color: var(--text-strong); }

.intake__form { padding: var(--s-5) var(--s-6) var(--s-6); }

.intake__step { min-inline-size: 0; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0; }
.intake__step[hidden] { display: none; }

.intake__legend {
  display: flex; flex-direction: column; gap: .3rem;
  margin-bottom: var(--s-5);
  font-family: var(--font-display); font-size: var(--t-lg);
  font-weight: 600; color: var(--text-strong);
}
.intake__legend small {
  font-family: var(--font-ui); font-size: var(--t-xs); font-weight: 600;
  letter-spacing: .06em; text-transform: uppercase; color: var(--text-muted);
}
.intake__legend-n {
  font-family: var(--font-ui); font-size: var(--t-xs); font-weight: 700;
  letter-spacing: .1em; color: var(--accent-text);
}
.intake__note {
  margin: 0 0 var(--s-4);
  font-size: var(--t-sm); color: var(--text-muted);
}

.intake__grid {
  display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(2, 1fr); gap: var(--s-4) var(--s-5);
}
.intake__field { display: grid; gap: .4rem; margin: 0; }
.intake__field--wide { grid-column: 1 / -1; }

.intake__field > label,
.intake__radios > legend {
  font-family: var(--font-body); font-size: var(--t-sm); font-weight: 500;
  color: var(--text-strong);
}
.intake__field > label small,
.intake__radios > legend small {
  font-family: var(--font-ui); font-size: .72rem; font-weight: 600;
  letter-spacing: .04em; color: var(--text-muted);
}
.intake__req { color: var(--accent-text); margin-inline-start: .15rem; }

.intake__field input,
.intake__field select,
.intake__field textarea {
  inline-size: 100%;
  padding: .7rem .85rem;
  background: var(--bg-raised);
  border: 1px solid var(--border);
  font-family: var(--font-body); font-size: var(--t-base); color: var(--text-strong);
  transition: border-color var(--dur) var(--ease), box-shadow var(--dur) var(--ease);
}
.intake__field textarea { resize: vertical; min-block-size: 3.2em; line-height: 1.7; }

/* native date input — force LTR digits and a legible dark value */
.intake__field input[type="date"] {
  font-family: var(--font-ui); direction: ltr; text-align: start;
  min-block-size: 2.75em; color: var(--text-strong);
}
.intake__field input[type="date"]::-webkit-datetime-edit,
.intake__field input[type="date"]::-webkit-datetime-edit-text,
.intake__field input[type="date"]::-webkit-datetime-edit-day-field,
.intake__field input[type="date"]::-webkit-datetime-edit-month-field,
.intake__field input[type="date"]::-webkit-datetime-edit-year-field {
  color: var(--text-strong); font-weight: 600;
}
.intake__field input[type="date"]::-webkit-calendar-picker-indicator {
  cursor: pointer; opacity: .55; padding-inline-start: .3rem;
}
.intake__field input[type="date"]:hover::-webkit-calendar-picker-indicator { opacity: .9; }

.intake__field input:focus,
.intake__field select:focus,
.intake__field textarea:focus {
  outline: none;
  border-color: var(--c-navy-600);
  box-shadow: 0 0 0 3px rgba(62, 94, 133, .15);
}
.intake__field input:user-invalid,
.intake__field select:user-invalid { border-color: var(--c-gold-700); }

/* stepper — سنوات الخدمة */
.intake__stepper {
  display: flex; align-items: stretch; inline-size: 100%;
  border: 1px solid var(--border); background: var(--bg-raised);
}
.intake__field .intake__stepper input {
  flex: 1 1 auto; inline-size: 100%; min-inline-size: 0;
  border: 0; padding: .6rem; text-align: center; background: transparent;
  font-family: var(--font-ui); font-weight: 700; font-size: var(--t-md);
  color: var(--text-strong);
}
.intake__field .intake__stepper input:focus { outline: none; box-shadow: none; }
.intake__stepper button {
  flex: 0 0 auto; inline-size: 3.25rem;
  display: grid; place-items: center;
  background: none; border: 0; border-inline: 1px solid var(--border);
  font-family: var(--font-ui); font-size: 1.4rem; line-height: 1;
  color: var(--text); cursor: pointer;
  transition: background var(--dur) var(--ease), color var(--dur) var(--ease);
}
.intake__stepper button:hover { background: rgba(163, 102, 37, .09); color: var(--accent-text); }
.intake__stepper button:active { background: rgba(163, 102, 37, .16); }

/* phone — dial-code prefix + number */
.intake__phone {
  display: flex; align-items: stretch; inline-size: 100%;
  border: 1px solid var(--border); background: var(--bg-raised);
}
.intake__phone:focus-within { border-color: var(--c-navy-600); box-shadow: 0 0 0 3px rgba(62, 94, 133, .15); }
.intake__phone-code {
  flex: 0 0 auto; display: grid; place-items: center;
  padding-inline: .8rem;
  background: rgba(14, 31, 57, .05); border-inline-end: 1px solid var(--border);
  font-family: var(--font-ui); font-weight: 700; font-size: var(--t-sm);
  color: var(--text-strong);
}
.intake__field .intake__phone input {
  flex: 1 1 auto; inline-size: 100%; min-inline-size: 0;
  border: 0; background: transparent;
}
.intake__field .intake__phone input:focus { box-shadow: none; }

/* country combobox — searchable */
.intake__combo { position: relative; display: block; }
.intake__combo-trigger {
  cursor: pointer;
  background-image: none;
  padding-inline-end: 2.2rem !important;
}
.intake__combo-trigger:read-only { background: var(--bg-raised); }
.intake__combo-caret {
  position: absolute; inset-block-start: 50%; inset-inline-end: .85rem;
  transform: translateY(-50%); pointer-events: none;
  font-size: .7rem; color: var(--text-muted);
}
.intake__combo-panel {
  position: absolute; inset-inline: 0; inset-block-start: calc(100% + 4px);
  z-index: 5; display: block;
  background: var(--bg-raised); border: 1px solid var(--c-navy-600);
  box-shadow: var(--shadow-md);
}
.intake__combo-panel[hidden] { display: none; }
.intake__field .intake__combo-panel .intake__combo-search {
  inline-size: 100%;
  border: 0; border-block-end: 1px solid var(--border);
  padding: .6rem .8rem;
  font-family: var(--font-body); font-size: var(--t-sm);
}
.intake__field .intake__combo-panel .intake__combo-search:focus {
  outline: none; box-shadow: none;
  border-block-end-color: var(--c-navy-600);
}
.intake__combo-list {
  max-block-size: 14rem; overflow-y: auto;
  margin: 0; padding: 0; list-style: none;
}
.intake__combo-list li {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: 1.6rem 1fr auto;
  align-items: center; gap: .65rem;
  padding: .55rem .8rem; min-block-size: 2.6rem;
  font-family: var(--font-body); font-size: var(--t-sm); color: var(--text-strong);
  cursor: pointer;
}
.intake__combo-list li[hidden] { display: none; }
.intake__combo-list li + li { border-block-start: 1px solid var(--c-line-soft); }
.intake__combo-list li.is-active,
.intake__combo-list li:hover { background: rgba(163, 102, 37, .1); }
.intake__combo-list li[aria-selected="true"] {
  font-weight: 700; background: rgba(163, 102, 37, .06);
}
.intake__combo-flag { font-size: 1.15rem; line-height: 1; text-align: center; }
.intake__combo-name { min-inline-size: 0; }
.intake__combo-dial {
  direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: isolate; text-align: end;
  font-family: var(--font-ui); font-size: var(--t-xs); font-weight: 600;
  color: var(--text-muted);
}

.intake__radios { border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0; display: grid; gap: .5rem; }
.intake__radios > legend { margin-bottom: .3rem; }
.intake__radio {
  display: flex; align-items: flex-start; gap: .6rem;
  padding: .65rem .8rem;
  border: 1px solid var(--border); background: var(--bg-raised);
  font-size: var(--t-sm); color: var(--text); line-height: 1.6;
  cursor: pointer;
  transition: border-color var(--dur) var(--ease), background var(--dur) var(--ease);
}
.intake__radio > span { flex: 1 1 auto; min-inline-size: 0; }
.intake__radio input {
  flex: 0 0 auto;
  inline-size: 1.05rem; block-size: 1.05rem; margin: .15rem 0 0; padding: 0;
  accent-color: var(--accent);
}
.intake__radio:hover { border-color: var(--c-navy-600); }
.intake__radio:has(input:checked) {
  border-color: var(--accent);
  background: rgba(163, 102, 37, .07);
  color: var(--text-strong);
}

.intake__foot {
  position: sticky; inset-block-end: 0;
  display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: space-between; gap: var(--s-4);
  margin: var(--s-6) calc(var(--s-6) * -1) calc(var(--s-6) * -1);
  padding: var(--s-4) var(--s-6);
  background: var(--c-bone);
  border-block-start: 1px solid var(--border);
}
.intake__foot .btn { min-block-size: 48px; }
.intake__foot #intake-next { margin-inline-start: auto; }
.intake__foot #intake-back[hidden] { display: none; }

/* readiness gate */
.intake__gate-lede {
  margin: 0 0 var(--s-4);
  color: var(--text-muted); font-size: var(--t-sm); line-height: 1.85;
}
.intake__gate-q {
  margin: 0 0 var(--s-4);
  font-family: var(--font-display); font-size: var(--t-lg); font-weight: 600;
  color: var(--text-strong);
}
.intake__plans {
  display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(auto-fit, minmax(180px, 1fr)); gap: var(--s-2);
  margin-bottom: var(--s-5);
}
.intake__plans-hint {
  margin: 0 0 var(--s-3);
  font-family: var(--font-body); font-size: var(--t-sm); font-weight: 600;
  color: var(--text-strong);
}
.intake__plan {
  position: relative; cursor: pointer;
  padding: var(--s-4);
  border: 1px solid var(--border); background: var(--bg-raised);
  display: flex; flex-direction: column;
  transition: border-color var(--dur) var(--ease), box-shadow var(--dur) var(--ease);
}
.intake__plan-radio {
  position: absolute; inline-size: 1px; block-size: 1px;
  opacity: 0; margin: 0; pointer-events: none;
}
.intake__plan-check {
  position: absolute; inset-block-start: -1px; inset-inline-start: -1px;
  inline-size: 1.6rem; block-size: 1.6rem;
  display: grid; place-items: center;
  background: var(--accent); color: var(--c-white);
  font-size: .8rem; font-weight: 700;
  transform: scale(0); transition: transform var(--dur) var(--ease);
}
.intake__plan:hover { border-color: var(--c-navy-600); }
.intake__plan:has(.intake__plan-radio:checked) {
  border-color: var(--accent);
  box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 1px var(--accent);
}
.intake__plan:has(.intake__plan-radio:checked) .intake__plan-check { transform: scale(1); }
.intake__plan:has(.intake__plan-radio:focus-visible) {
  outline: 2px solid var(--focus); outline-offset: 2px;
}
.intake__plan--feature {
  background: var(--c-navy-900); border-color: var(--c-navy-900); color: var(--c-on-dark);
}
.intake__plan--feature:has(.intake__plan-radio:checked) {
  border-color: var(--accent-onDark);
  box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 1px var(--accent-onDark);
}
.intake__plan--feature .intake__plan-check { background: var(--accent-onDark); color: var(--c-navy-900); }
/* the entry-point option spans the full width above the phase cards */
.intake__plan--intro {
  grid-column: 1 / -1;
  border-color: rgba(163, 102, 37, .4);
  background: rgba(163, 102, 37, .06);
  border-block-start: 3px solid var(--accent);
}
@media (min-width: 621px) {
  .intake__plan--intro { display: grid; grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr; gap: 0 var(--s-5); }
  .intake__plan--intro .intake__plan-stage,
  .intake__plan--intro h3,
  .intake__plan--intro .intake__plan-price { grid-column: 1; }
  .intake__plan--intro ul { grid-column: 2; grid-row: 1 / -1; align-content: center; }
  .intake__plan--intro .intake__plan-price { border-block-end: 0; padding-block-end: 0; margin-block-end: 0; }
}
.intake__plan-stage {
  margin: 0 0 .4rem;
  font-family: var(--font-ui); font-size: .68rem; font-weight: 700;
  letter-spacing: .06em; color: var(--text-muted);
}
.intake__plan--feature .intake__plan-stage { color: var(--c-on-dark-muted); }
.intake__plan h3 {
  margin: 0 0 .4rem;
  font-family: var(--font-display); font-size: var(--t-md); font-weight: 600;
  line-height: 1.4;
}
.intake__plan--feature h3 { color: var(--c-on-dark); }
.intake__plan-price { margin: 0 0 .6rem; padding-block-end: .55rem; border-block-end: 1px solid var(--border); }
.intake__plan--feature .intake__plan-price { border-color: rgba(201, 215, 228, .16); }
.intake__plan-price b {
  font-family: var(--font-display); font-size: var(--t-lg); font-weight: 700;
  color: var(--accent-text);
}
.intake__plan--feature .intake__plan-price b { color: var(--accent-onDark); }
.intake__plan-price span { font-size: var(--t-xs); color: var(--text-muted); }
.intake__plan--feature .intake__plan-price span { color: var(--c-on-dark-muted); }
.intake__plan ul { display: grid; gap: .3rem; }
.intake__plan li {
  position: relative; padding-inline-start: 1rem;
  font-size: var(--t-xs); line-height: 1.7; color: var(--text-muted);
}
.intake__plan--feature li { color: var(--c-on-dark-muted); }
.intake__plan li::before {
  content: ""; position: absolute; inset-inline-start: 0; inset-block-start: .55em;
  inline-size: 6px; block-size: 6px; background: var(--accent);
  clip-path: polygon(0 0, 100% 50%, 0 100%); transform: scaleX(-1);
}

.intake__panel[hidden] { display: none; }
.intake__encourage {
  margin: 0 0 var(--s-4);
  color: var(--text); font-size: var(--t-md); line-height: 2;
}
.intake__encourage:first-child {
  padding-inline-start: var(--s-4);
  border-inline-start: 2px solid var(--accent);
}
.intake__gate-actions {
  display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: var(--s-3); margin-top: var(--s-5);
}
.intake__gate-actions .btn { flex: 1 1 auto; }

@media (max-width: 620px) {
  .intake { padding: 0; place-items: stretch; }
  .intake__dialog {
    inline-size: 100%; max-block-size: 100vh; max-block-size: 100dvh;
    border: 0;
  }
  .intake__head { padding-inline: var(--gutter); }
  .intake__progress, .intake__count { margin-inline: var(--gutter); }
  .intake__form { padding-inline: var(--gutter); }
  .intake__foot { margin-inline: calc(var(--gutter) * -1); padding-inline: var(--gutter); }
  .intake__grid { grid-template-columns: 1fr; }
  .intake__plans { grid-template-columns: 1fr; gap: var(--s-3); }
  .intake__plan-price b { font-size: var(--t-xl); }
  .intake__gate-actions .btn { inline-size: 100%; }
}

@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
  .intake__progress span { transition: none; }
}