.hero {
    position: relative;
    overflow: hidden;
    padding: 126px 0 118px;
    background:
        radial-gradient(circle at 82% 20%, rgba(79, 141, 125, 0.13), transparent 31%),
        radial-gradient(circle at 12% 82%, rgba(178, 103, 69, 0.07), transparent 24%),
        var(--color-charcoal);
    color: rgba(255,255,255,0.72);
}
.hero-noise {
    position: absolute;
    inset: 0;
    pointer-events: none;
    opacity: 0.22;
    background-image:
        repeating-linear-gradient(0deg, rgba(255,255,255,0.018) 0, rgba(255,255,255,0.018) 1px, transparent 1px, transparent 4px),
        repeating-linear-gradient(90deg, rgba(255,255,255,0.012) 0, rgba(255,255,255,0.012) 1px, transparent 1px, transparent 7px);
}
.hero-grid { position: relative; display: grid; grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 1.5fr) minmax(260px, 0.5fr); align-items: end; gap: 100px; }
.hero-content { max-width: 870px; }
.hero h1 { max-width: 880px; color: var(--color-white); }
.hero-thesis { max-width: 780px; margin-bottom: 24px; color: #d7aa72; font-family: var(--font-heading); font-size: clamp(1.55rem, 3vw, 2.6rem); font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.25; }
.hero-description { max-width: 690px; color: rgba(255,255,255,0.65); font-size: 1.08rem; }
.hero-actions { display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 12px; margin-top: 38px; }
.hero-note { margin-top: 28px; color: rgba(255,255,255,0.38); font-size: 0.77rem; letter-spacing: 0.04em; }
.hero-margin-note { align-self: end; padding: 25px 0 4px 24px; border-left: 1px solid rgba(168,201,189,0.34); color: rgba(255,255,255,0.54); font-size: 0.9rem; }
.hero-mark { width: min(100%, 280px); margin: 0 0 22px; border-radius: 12px; overflow: hidden; box-shadow: 0 0 0 1px rgba(255,255,255,0.08); }
.hero-mark img { width: 100%; height: auto; aspect-ratio: 540 / 640; object-fit: contain; }
.hero-margin-note p + p { margin-top: 18px; }
.margin-note-number { display: block; margin-bottom: 18px; color: var(--color-teal-light); font-size: 0.67rem; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: 0.16em; }

.thesis-strip { border-top: 1px solid rgba(255,255,255,0.08); border-bottom: 1px solid #2f3934; background: #202722; color: var(--color-white); }
.thesis-strip-inner { display: grid; grid-template-columns: 150px 1fr; align-items: center; gap: 34px; min-height: 110px; }
.thesis-kicker { color: var(--color-teal-light); font-size: 0.68rem; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: 0.2em; }
.thesis-strip p { margin: 0; font-family: var(--font-heading); font-size: clamp(1.45rem, 2.5vw, 2.35rem); line-height: 1.2; }

/* Fast routing for visitors who need an immediate next step. */
.quick-start { padding: 58px 0 66px; border-bottom: 1px solid var(--color-border); background: #eee9df; }
.quick-start-heading { display: grid; grid-template-columns: minmax(0,1fr) minmax(280px,.7fr); align-items: end; gap: 60px; margin-bottom: 28px; }
.quick-start-heading h2 { margin-bottom: 0; font-size: clamp(2rem, 4vw, 3.45rem); }
.quick-start-heading > p { margin: 0; color: var(--color-muted); }
.quick-start-grid { display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(3,minmax(0,1fr)); gap: 12px; }
.quick-start-card { display: flex; min-height: 245px; flex-direction: column; padding: 26px; border: 1px solid #cbc4b7; background: #f8f5ee; color: var(--color-ink); text-decoration: none; transition: transform 180ms ease, box-shadow 180ms ease, border-color 180ms ease; }
.quick-start-card:hover { transform: translateY(-3px); border-color: #a7a093; box-shadow: var(--shadow-small); color: var(--color-ink); }
.quick-start-card-alert { border-color: #cda89b; background: #f4e7e1; }
.quick-start-index { margin-bottom: 34px; color: var(--color-rust); font-size: .66rem; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: .16em; }
.quick-start-card h3 { margin-bottom: 12px; font-size: 1.6rem; }
.quick-start-card p { color: var(--color-muted); font-size: .92rem; }
.quick-start-link { margin-top: auto; padding-top: 18px; color: var(--color-teal-dark); font-size: .78rem; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: .04em; text-transform: uppercase; }
.quick-start-card-alert .quick-start-link { color: var(--color-alert-dark); }
.quick-start-emergency { margin: 20px 0 0; color: var(--color-muted); font-size: .82rem; }

.mantra-context { margin: 18px 0 0; color: rgba(255,255,255,.48); font-size: .82rem; line-height: 1.55; }

.battle-section { background: var(--color-paper); }
.chapter-layout { display: grid; grid-template-columns: 120px minmax(0, 1fr); gap: 70px; }
.chapter-label { padding-top: 8px; border-top: 2px solid var(--color-ink); color: var(--color-muted); }
.chapter-label span { display: block; font-size: 0.62rem; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: 0.15em; }
.chapter-label strong { display: block; margin: 10px 0 11px; color: var(--color-ink); font-family: var(--font-heading); font-size: 3rem; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1; }
.chapter-label-dark { border-top-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.4); color: rgba(255,255,255,0.42); }
.chapter-label-dark strong { color: rgba(255,255,255,0.88); }
.chapter-content > h2 { max-width: 880px; }
.editorial-columns { display: grid; grid-template-columns: 1.3fr 0.7fr; gap: 70px; margin-top: 48px; }
.annotation-card { align-self: start; padding: 28px; border: 1px solid #c6c0b2; background: rgba(255,255,255,0.36); transform: rotate(-0.6deg); }
.annotation-label { margin-bottom: 20px; color: var(--color-rust); font-size: 0.66rem; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: 0.17em; text-transform: uppercase; }
.annotation-quote { color: var(--color-ink); font-family: var(--font-heading); font-size: 1.65rem; line-height: 1.28; }

.mantras-section { position: relative; overflow: hidden; background: #121512; color: rgba(255,255,255,0.65); }
.mantras-section::before { content: "MANTRAS"; position: absolute; top: 20px; right: -18px; color: rgba(255,255,255,0.025); font-family: var(--font-heading); font-size: clamp(7rem, 20vw, 18rem); font-weight: 700; line-height: 1; pointer-events: none; }
.mantras-section h2 { max-width: 760px; color: var(--color-white); }
.section-heading-row { position: relative; display: grid; grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 1.2fr) minmax(300px, 0.62fr); align-items: end; gap: 80px; margin-bottom: 58px; }
.section-side-note { margin: 0 0 8px; padding-left: 24px; border-left: 1px solid rgba(255,255,255,0.2); color: rgba(255,255,255,0.52); font-size: 0.96rem; }
.mantras-grid { display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(3, minmax(0,1fr)); gap: 1px; margin: 0; padding: 1px; background: rgba(255,255,255,0.13); list-style: none; }
.mantra-card { min-height: 265px; padding: 30px; background: #171b18; transition: background-color 180ms ease; }
.mantra-card:hover { background: #1d231f; }
.mantra-number { display: block; margin-bottom: 46px; color: #85b1a4; font-size: 0.7rem; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: 0.16em; }
.mantra-card blockquote { margin: 0; color: #f1eee5; font-family: var(--font-heading); font-size: clamp(1.45rem, 2.15vw, 1.95rem); font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.27; }
.mantra-card-wide { grid-column: span 2; background: #1b201c; }
.mantra-card-wide blockquote { max-width: 820px; }

.methods-section { background: #26332d; color: rgba(255,255,255,0.68); }
.methods-section h2, .methods-section h3 { color: var(--color-white); }
.methods-section .eyebrow { color: #a8c9bd; }
.methods-section .section-introduction { color: rgba(255,255,255,0.56); }
.method-grid { display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(2, minmax(0,1fr)); margin-top: 52px; border-top: 1px solid rgba(255,255,255,0.16); }
.method-card { display: grid; grid-template-columns: 58px 1fr; column-gap: 20px; padding: 30px 26px 32px 0; border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(255,255,255,0.13); }
.method-card:nth-child(odd) { padding-right: 34px; border-right: 1px solid rgba(255,255,255,0.13); }
.method-card:nth-child(even) { padding-left: 34px; }
.method-index { grid-row: 1 / span 2; color: rgba(255,255,255,0.34); font-size: 0.68rem; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: 0.12em; }
.method-card h3 { margin-bottom: 10px; font-family: var(--font-body); font-size: 1.06rem; }
.method-card p { margin: 0; color: rgba(255,255,255,0.55); font-size: 0.94rem; }

.identity-section { background: #e8e3d7; }
.identity-grid { display: grid; grid-template-columns: 0.9fr 1.1fr; align-items: start; gap: 100px; }
.identity-grid h2 { max-width: 620px; }
.identity-ledger { border-top: 2px solid var(--color-ink); }
.ledger-heading { margin: 0; padding: 13px 0; border-bottom: 1px solid #bcb6a8; color: var(--color-muted); font-size: 0.67rem; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: 0.17em; }
.ledger-row { display: grid; grid-template-columns: 0.7fr 1.3fr; gap: 30px; padding: 20px 0; border-bottom: 1px solid #c7c0b3; }
.ledger-row span:first-child { color: var(--color-ink); font-family: var(--font-heading); font-size: 1.5rem; }
.ledger-row span:last-child { align-self: center; color: var(--color-muted); font-size: 0.9rem; }

.night-section { padding: 132px 0; background: #0c0e0d; color: rgba(255,255,255,0.62); }
.night-inner { max-width: 950px; margin-inline: auto; }
.night-section h2 { max-width: 900px; color: #f4f0e7; font-size: clamp(3rem, 6.4vw, 6.2rem); }
.night-copy { max-width: 760px; margin-top: 38px; color: rgba(255,255,255,0.54); font-size: 1.05rem; }
.night-statement { position: relative; margin: 78px 0 42px; padding: 38px 0 38px 38px; border-left: 1px solid #b26745; }
.night-statement p { margin: 0; color: #d7aa72; font-family: var(--font-heading); font-size: clamp(2rem, 4.6vw, 4.2rem); line-height: 1.16; }
.night-closing { color: rgba(255,255,255,0.38); font-style: italic; }

.guide-preview { background: var(--color-white); }
.section-heading-row-dark h2 { max-width: 780px; }
.dark-note { border-left-color: #bcb6aa; color: var(--color-muted); }
.topic-grid { display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(3, minmax(0,1fr)); gap: 16px; }
.topic-card { min-height: 275px; padding: 30px; border: 1px solid #d2cec2; background: #f4f1e9; transition: transform 180ms ease, box-shadow 180ms ease; }
.topic-card:hover { transform: translateY(-3px); box-shadow: var(--shadow-small); }
.topic-label { margin-bottom: 35px !important; color: var(--color-rust) !important; font-size: 0.67rem; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: 0.16em; text-transform: uppercase; }
.topic-card h3 { font-size: 1.6rem; }
.topic-card p { color: var(--color-muted); }
.section-action { display: grid; grid-template-columns: 165px 1fr; gap: 30px; max-width: 820px; margin-top: 38px; padding-top: 22px; border-top: 1px solid var(--color-border); }
.section-action span { color: var(--color-rust); font-size: 0.66rem; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: 0.16em; }
.section-action p { margin: 0; color: var(--color-muted); }

.principles-section { background: #1a201d; color: rgba(255,255,255,0.7); }
.principles-section h2 { max-width: 800px; color: var(--color-white); }
.principles-grid { display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(2, minmax(0,1fr)); gap: 1px; margin-top: 48px; background: rgba(255,255,255,0.12); }
.principles-card { padding: 38px; background: #202723; }
.principles-card h3 { color: var(--color-white); }
.principles-card ul { margin: 0; }
.principles-card li + li { margin-top: 11px; }

.crisis-section { padding: 82px 0; background: #eadbd5; }
.crisis-panel { display: grid; grid-template-columns: 1.35fr 0.65fr; align-items: center; gap: 70px; padding: 48px; border: 1px solid #c9aba1; background: #f8f3ee; box-shadow: var(--shadow-small); }
.crisis-content h2 { font-size: clamp(2.25rem, 4.5vw, 4rem); }
.crisis-actions { display: flex; flex-direction: column; align-items: stretch; gap: 11px; }
.crisis-actions .text-link { margin-top: 8px; text-align: center; }

.homepage-disclaimer { background: #e8e3d8; text-align: center; }
.homepage-disclaimer h2 { font-size: clamp(2.2rem, 4vw, 3.5rem); }
.homepage-disclaimer p { color: var(--color-muted); }

/* Active-use toolkit */
.toolkit-panel {
    margin-top: 70px;
    padding-top: 54px;
    border-top: 2px solid var(--color-ink);
}
.toolkit-heading {
    display: grid;
    grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 0.9fr) minmax(300px, 1.1fr);
    align-items: end;
    gap: 70px;
    margin-bottom: 34px;
}
.toolkit-heading h3 {
    margin: 0;
    font-size: clamp(2.25rem, 4.4vw, 4.2rem);
}
.toolkit-heading > p {
    margin: 0;
    padding-left: 24px;
    border-left: 1px solid #c3bdae;
    color: var(--color-muted);
}
.toolkit-grid {
    display: grid;
    grid-template-columns: repeat(3, minmax(0, 1fr));
    gap: 1px;
    padding: 1px;
    background: #cbc5b8;
}
.tool-item {
    min-height: 235px;
    padding: 28px;
    background: #f5f2ea;
}
.tool-index {
    display: block;
    margin-bottom: 34px;
    color: var(--color-rust);
    font-size: 0.67rem;
    font-weight: 700;
    letter-spacing: 0.16em;
}
.tool-item h4 {
    margin: 0 0 12px;
    color: var(--color-ink);
    font-family: var(--font-heading);
    font-size: 1.55rem;
    line-height: 1.2;
}
.tool-item p {
    margin: 0;
    color: var(--color-muted);
    font-size: 0.92rem;
}
.tool-item-unconfirmed {
    background: #efe9dc;
}
.tool-item-unconfirmed::after {
    content: "CONFIRM PRODUCT";
    display: inline-block;
    margin-top: 24px;
    padding-top: 8px;
    border-top: 1px solid #b8aa92;
    color: #8b6347;
    font-size: 0.61rem;
    font-weight: 700;
    letter-spacing: 0.15em;
}
.tool-item-caution {
    background: #eee4df;
}
.toolkit-rule {
    margin-top: 20px;
    padding: 22px 24px;
    border-left: 3px solid var(--color-rust);
    background: #eee9df;
    color: var(--color-muted);
    font-size: 0.9rem;
}
.toolkit-rule strong { color: var(--color-ink); }