:root {
  --ink: #171b18;
  --forest: #233229;
  --forest-deep: #132019;
  --moss: #6f806b;
  --paper: #f2f0e9;
  --paper-dark: #e4e1d7;
  --ember: #e85b2f;
  --ember-dark: #b83f20;
  --gold: #d5aa58;
  --sky: #a8b1ae;
  --white: #fffdf8;
  --line: rgba(23, 27, 24, 0.16);
  --story-progress: 0;
  --departure-opacity: 1;
  --departure-scale: 1;
  --departure-x: 0px;
  --guard-opacity: 1;
  --guard-scale: 1;
  --traveler-y: 27;
  --traveler-opacity: 0;
  --traveler-scale: 0.86;
  --traveler-tilt: 0deg;
  --crossroads-opacity: 0;
  --crossroads-scale: 0.9;
  --crossroads-y: 24px;
  --handover-opacity: 0;
  --handover-scale: 0.86;
  --warmth: 0;
  --fire-strength: 0;
  --fire-scale: 1;
  --warm-opacity: 0;
  --dawn-opacity: 1;
  --campus-opacity: 0.18;
  --fog-back-opacity: 0.7;
  --fog-front-opacity: 0.55;
  --fog-back-x: 0%;
  --fog-front-x: 0%;
  --progress-width: 0%;
  --scroll-cue-opacity: 1;
}

* {
  box-sizing: border-box;
}

html {
  scroll-behavior: smooth;
  background: var(--paper);
}

body {
  margin: 0;
  color: var(--ink);
  background: var(--paper);
  font-family: "Microsoft YaHei", "PingFang SC", "Noto Sans CJK SC", sans-serif;
  line-height: 1.6;
  overflow-x: hidden;
}

a {
  color: inherit;
  text-decoration: none;
}

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

button,
input {
  font: inherit;
}

.skip-link {
  position: fixed;
  top: 10px;
  left: 10px;
  z-index: 200;
  padding: 10px 14px;
  color: var(--white);
  background: var(--ink);
  transform: translateY(-150%);
}

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

.topbar {
  position: fixed;
  inset: 0 0 auto;
  z-index: 100;
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: minmax(270px, 1fr) auto minmax(170px, 1fr);
  align-items: center;
  height: 76px;
  padding: 0 4.5vw;
  color: var(--white);
  background-color: rgba(12, 22, 16, 0.74);
  border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.16);
  backdrop-filter: blur(12px) saturate(0.82);
  transition: color 260ms ease, background-color 260ms ease, border-color 260ms ease;
}

.topbar:not(.is-scrolled):not(.is-open) .nav-links a {
  opacity: 0.88;
}

.topbar.is-scrolled,
.topbar.is-open {
  color: var(--ink);
  background: rgba(242, 240, 233, 0.94);
  border-bottom-color: var(--line);
  backdrop-filter: blur(18px);
}

.brand {
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  min-width: 0;
  width: fit-content;
}

.brand-mark {
  position: relative;
  display: inline-grid;
  place-items: center;
  flex: 0 0 auto;
  width: 30px;
  height: 34px;
  margin-right: 10px;
}

.brand-mark::before,
.brand-mark span {
  content: "";
  position: absolute;
  display: block;
  background: var(--ember);
  transform: rotate(45deg);
}

.brand-mark::before {
  width: 19px;
  height: 19px;
  border-radius: 2px 12px 2px 12px;
}

.brand-mark span {
  bottom: 3px;
  width: 12px;
  height: 12px;
  border-radius: 2px 8px 2px 8px;
  background: var(--gold);
}

.brand-name {
  font-family: STKaiti, KaiTi, serif;
  font-size: 25px;
  font-weight: 700;
  line-height: 1;
}

.brand-tagline {
  margin-left: 13px;
  padding-left: 13px;
  font-size: 11px;
  opacity: 0.66;
  border-left: 1px solid currentColor;
  white-space: nowrap;
}

.nav-links {
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  gap: clamp(20px, 2.2vw, 34px);
  font-size: 14px;
}

.nav-links a {
  position: relative;
  padding: 27px 0 24px;
  opacity: 0.7;
  transition: opacity 180ms ease;
}

.nav-links a::after {
  content: "";
  position: absolute;
  right: 0;
  bottom: 20px;
  left: 0;
  height: 2px;
  background: var(--ember);
  transform: scaleX(0);
  transform-origin: left;
  transition: transform 180ms ease;
}

.nav-links a:hover,
.nav-links a:focus-visible,
.nav-links .is-current {
  opacity: 1;
}

.nav-links a:hover::after,
.nav-links a:focus-visible::after,
.nav-links .is-current::after {
  transform: scaleX(1);
}

.nav-action {
  justify-self: end;
  padding: 10px 0 8px;
  font-size: 14px;
  font-weight: 700;
  border-bottom: 1px solid currentColor;
}

.nav-action span,
.primary-cta span,
.text-link span {
  display: inline-block;
  margin-left: 8px;
  transition: transform 180ms ease;
}

.nav-action:hover span,
.primary-cta:hover span,
.text-link:hover span {
  transform: translateX(5px);
}

.nav-action-placeholder {
  cursor: default;
}

.nav-action-placeholder:hover span {
  transform: none;
}

.nav-mobile-action {
  display: none;
}

.account-menu {
  position: relative;
  justify-self: end;
}

.account-menu > summary {
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  list-style: none;
  cursor: pointer;
}

.account-menu > summary::-webkit-details-marker {
  display: none;
}

.account-menu[open] > summary span {
  transform: rotate(90deg);
}

.account-popover {
  position: absolute;
  top: calc(100% + 12px);
  right: 0;
  z-index: 120;
  width: 276px;
  padding: 14px;
  color: var(--ink);
  background: rgba(242, 240, 233, 0.98);
  border: 1px solid var(--line);
  box-shadow: 0 18px 42px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2);
}

.account-popover > p {
  margin: 0 0 10px;
  color: rgba(23, 27, 24, 0.5);
  font-size: 10px;
  font-weight: 700;
}

.account-module {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: 36px minmax(0, 1fr) auto;
  gap: 10px;
  align-items: center;
  min-width: 0;
  padding: 11px;
  color: var(--ink);
  background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.48);
  border: 1px solid rgba(23, 27, 24, 0.12);
}

.account-module-icon {
  display: grid;
  place-items: center;
  width: 36px;
  height: 36px;
  color: var(--gold);
  font-family: Georgia, serif;
  font-size: 11px;
  font-weight: 700;
  background: var(--forest);
  border-radius: 4px;
}

.account-module-copy {
  display: grid;
  min-width: 0;
}

.account-module-copy strong {
  font-size: 13px;
}

.account-module-copy small {
  margin-top: 3px;
  color: rgba(23, 27, 24, 0.5);
  font-size: 10px;
}

.account-module em {
  color: var(--ember-dark);
  font-size: 10px;
  font-style: normal;
  white-space: nowrap;
}

a.account-module {
  transition: background 180ms ease, border-color 180ms ease, transform 180ms ease;
}

a.account-module:hover,
a.account-module:focus-visible {
  background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.82);
  border-color: rgba(153, 63, 38, 0.36);
  transform: translateY(-1px);
}

.nav-mobile-account {
  display: none;
}

.menu-button {
  display: none;
  justify-self: end;
  width: 42px;
  height: 42px;
  padding: 10px;
  border: 0;
  color: currentColor;
  background: transparent;
  cursor: pointer;
}

.menu-button span {
  display: block;
  width: 22px;
  height: 1px;
  margin: 5px 0;
  background: currentColor;
  transition: transform 180ms ease, opacity 180ms ease;
}

.story {
  position: relative;
  height: 600vh;
  min-height: 3600px;
  background: var(--forest-deep);
}

.story-stage {
  position: sticky;
  top: 0;
  width: 100%;
  height: 100svh;
  min-height: 620px;
  overflow: hidden;
  color: var(--white);
  background: #6e7876;
}

.scene,
.scene-cold,
.scene-dawn,
.scene-warm {
  position: absolute;
  inset: 0;
}

.scene-dawn {
  opacity: var(--dawn-opacity);
  background:
    linear-gradient(180deg, rgba(35, 50, 40, 0.42), rgba(95, 103, 75, 0.12) 52%, rgba(30, 45, 35, 0.62)),
    radial-gradient(ellipse at 57% 48%, #d9bd7e 0%, #7d8b6f 38%, #40534a 72%, #25352d 100%);
}

.scene-cold {
  background:
    linear-gradient(180deg, rgba(24, 31, 29, 0.82), rgba(61, 71, 69, 0.28) 52%, rgba(35, 43, 39, 0.78)),
    radial-gradient(ellipse at 52% 29%, #aeb7b5 0%, #7e8886 45%, #53605d 100%);
}

.scene-cold::after {
  content: "";
  position: absolute;
  inset: 0;
  opacity: 0.18;
  background-image: repeating-linear-gradient(105deg, transparent 0 22px, rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.08) 23px 24px);
}

.scene-warm {
  opacity: var(--warm-opacity);
  background:
    linear-gradient(180deg, rgba(38, 47, 39, 0.38), rgba(121, 101, 65, 0.18) 54%, rgba(27, 39, 30, 0.78)),
    radial-gradient(ellipse at 50% 63%, #d19a4f 0%, #846f4c 25%, #394941 64%, #24312b 100%);
}

.distant-campus {
  position: absolute;
  top: 16%;
  right: 0;
  left: 0;
  display: flex;
  align-items: end;
  justify-content: center;
  gap: 6px;
  height: 20%;
  opacity: var(--campus-opacity);
  filter: blur(1px);
}

.distant-campus i {
  display: block;
  width: 8%;
  min-width: 58px;
  max-width: 118px;
  height: 44%;
  background:
    repeating-linear-gradient(90deg, transparent 0 13px, rgba(238, 218, 166, 0.28) 14px 16px),
    #26322f;
  clip-path: polygon(0 20%, 8% 20%, 8% 7%, 20% 7%, 20% 0, 78% 0, 78% 13%, 100% 13%, 100% 100%, 0 100%);
}

.distant-campus i:nth-child(2) {
  height: 62%;
}

.distant-campus i:nth-child(3) {
  height: 82%;
}

.distant-campus i:nth-child(4) {
  height: 58%;
}

.distant-campus i:nth-child(5) {
  height: 38%;
}

.horizon-line {
  position: absolute;
  top: 34%;
  right: 0;
  left: 0;
  height: 1px;
  background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.12);
}

.road {
  position: absolute;
  inset: 0;
  clip-path: polygon(47.4% 31%, 52.6% 31%, 79% 100%, 21% 100%);
  background:
    linear-gradient(90deg, transparent 49.6%, rgba(245, 239, 214, 0.25) 49.8% 50.2%, transparent 50.4%),
    linear-gradient(180deg, #343b39 0%, #222a27 64%, #17201c 100%);
  box-shadow: inset 0 0 90px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.7);
}

.road::before {
  content: "";
  position: absolute;
  inset: 0;
  opacity: 0.23;
  background-image: repeating-linear-gradient(174deg, transparent 0 45px, rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.09) 46px 47px);
}

.road-edge {
  position: absolute;
  top: 31%;
  bottom: 0;
  width: 2px;
  background: linear-gradient(180deg, rgba(220, 219, 194, 0.2), rgba(238, 180, 80, 0.5));
  transform-origin: top;
}

.road-edge-left {
  left: 47.5%;
  transform: rotate(16.2deg);
}

.road-edge-right {
  right: 47.5%;
  transform: rotate(-16.2deg);
}

.road-fire {
  position: absolute;
  top: 54%;
  bottom: 0;
  left: 50%;
  width: 6px;
  opacity: var(--fire-strength);
  background: linear-gradient(180deg, transparent, var(--gold) 44%, var(--ember));
  box-shadow: 0 0 12px 3px rgba(232, 91, 47, 0.55), 0 0 42px 12px rgba(213, 170, 88, 0.24);
  transform: translateX(-50%) scaleX(var(--fire-scale));
}

.fog {
  position: absolute;
  right: -10%;
  left: -10%;
  height: 22%;
  background: rgba(214, 219, 214, 0.18);
  filter: blur(34px);
  pointer-events: none;
}

.fog-back {
  top: 25%;
  opacity: var(--fog-back-opacity);
  transform: translateX(var(--fog-back-x));
}

.fog-front {
  bottom: 4%;
  opacity: var(--fog-front-opacity);
  transform: translateX(var(--fog-front-x));
}

.departure-scene {
  position: absolute;
  inset: 0;
  z-index: 5;
  overflow: hidden;
  opacity: var(--departure-opacity);
  background: #26352a;
  pointer-events: none;
  will-change: opacity;
}

.departure-scene::before,
.departure-scene::after {
  content: "";
  position: absolute;
  inset: 0;
}

.departure-scene::before {
  z-index: 0;
  background: url("assets/enlistment-departure.webp") center 42% / cover no-repeat;
  filter: blur(18px) brightness(0.56) saturate(0.76);
  transform: scale(1.08);
}

.departure-scene::after {
  z-index: 2;
  background:
    linear-gradient(90deg, rgba(14, 27, 19, 0.94) 0%, rgba(18, 31, 23, 0.8) 24%, rgba(20, 31, 23, 0.3) 50%, rgba(20, 31, 23, 0.04) 74%),
    linear-gradient(180deg, rgba(17, 27, 20, 0.23), transparent 22%, transparent 76%, rgba(14, 23, 17, 0.46));
}

.departure-scene-image {
  position: absolute;
  top: 0;
  right: 0;
  z-index: 1;
  display: block;
  width: auto;
  max-width: none;
  height: 100%;
  filter: brightness(1.03) saturate(0.96) contrast(1.02);
  transform: translate3d(var(--departure-x), 0, 0) scale(var(--departure-scale));
  transform-origin: 78% center;
  will-change: transform;
}

.guard-scene {
  position: absolute;
  inset: 0;
  z-index: 5;
  overflow: hidden;
  opacity: var(--guard-opacity);
  background: #52624a;
  pointer-events: none;
  will-change: opacity;
}

.guard-scene::before,
.guard-scene::after {
  content: "";
  position: absolute;
  inset: 0;
}

.guard-scene::before {
  z-index: 0;
  background: url("assets/guard-duty.webp") center 38% / cover no-repeat;
  filter: blur(22px) brightness(0.55) saturate(0.86);
  transform: scale(1.08);
}

.guard-scene::after {
  position: absolute;
  z-index: 2;
  background:
    linear-gradient(90deg, rgba(14, 27, 19, 0.96) 0%, rgba(17, 31, 22, 0.82) 27%, rgba(21, 33, 24, 0.36) 51%, rgba(21, 33, 24, 0.06) 76%),
    linear-gradient(180deg, rgba(17, 27, 20, 0.28), transparent 25%, transparent 72%, rgba(14, 23, 17, 0.52));
}

.guard-scene-image {
  position: absolute;
  top: 0;
  right: 2vw;
  z-index: 1;
  display: block;
  width: auto;
  max-width: none;
  height: 100%;
  filter: brightness(0.98) saturate(1.08) contrast(1.03);
  -webkit-mask-image: linear-gradient(90deg, transparent 0%, #000 14%, #000 100%);
  mask-image: linear-gradient(90deg, transparent 0%, #000 14%, #000 100%);
  transform: scale(var(--guard-scale));
  transform-origin: 72% center;
  will-change: transform;
}

.traveler {
  position: absolute;
  top: calc(var(--traveler-y) * 1vh);
  left: 50%;
  z-index: 6;
  width: 148px;
  opacity: var(--traveler-opacity);
  transform: translate(-50%, -50%) rotate(var(--traveler-tilt)) scale(var(--traveler-scale));
  transform-origin: center bottom;
  filter: saturate(0.76) drop-shadow(0 18px 13px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.33));
}

.traveler img,
.handover img {
  position: relative;
  z-index: 2;
  display: block;
  width: 100%;
  height: auto;
}

.traveler img {
  animation: quiet-step 1.45s ease-in-out infinite;
  transform-origin: center bottom;
}

@keyframes quiet-step {
  50% { transform: translateY(-3px) rotate(0.5deg); }
}

.traveler-shadow {
  position: absolute;
  right: 22%;
  bottom: 2%;
  left: 22%;
  height: 8px;
  background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.42);
  border-radius: 50%;
  filter: blur(5px);
}

.traveler-meta {
  position: absolute;
  top: 46%;
  left: calc(100% + 20px);
  width: 126px;
  padding: 7px 0;
  color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.64);
  font-family: Georgia, "Microsoft YaHei", sans-serif;
  font-size: 10px;
  border-top: 1px solid rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.24);
  white-space: nowrap;
}

.traveler-meta::before {
  content: "";
  position: absolute;
  top: -3px;
  left: -4px;
  width: 5px;
  height: 5px;
  background: var(--gold);
  border-radius: 50%;
}

.handover {
  position: absolute;
  bottom: 2.5%;
  left: 50%;
  z-index: 7;
  width: 430px;
  opacity: var(--handover-opacity);
  transform: translateX(-50%) scale(var(--handover-scale));
  transform-origin: center bottom;
  filter: drop-shadow(0 18px 16px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3));
}

.fire-light {
  position: absolute;
  z-index: 1;
  top: 23%;
  left: 50%;
  width: 72px;
  height: 72px;
  opacity: var(--fire-strength);
  border: 2px solid rgba(255, 208, 98, 0.42);
  border-radius: 50%;
  box-shadow: 0 0 28px 12px rgba(232, 91, 47, 0.34), inset 0 0 20px rgba(255, 212, 106, 0.26);
  transform: translate(-50%, -50%);
  animation: breathe 1.9s ease-in-out infinite;
}

.sparks {
  position: absolute;
  z-index: 3;
  top: 23%;
  left: 50%;
  width: 110px;
  height: 110px;
  opacity: var(--fire-strength);
  transform: translate(-50%, -50%);
}

.sparks i {
  position: absolute;
  bottom: 40%;
  left: 50%;
  width: 3px;
  height: 7px;
  background: var(--gold);
  border-radius: 50%;
  animation: spark-rise 1.8s ease-out infinite;
}

.sparks i:nth-child(2) { left: 38%; animation-delay: 0.28s; }
.sparks i:nth-child(3) { left: 62%; animation-delay: 0.53s; }
.sparks i:nth-child(4) { left: 29%; animation-delay: 0.84s; }
.sparks i:nth-child(5) { left: 72%; animation-delay: 1.12s; }
.sparks i:nth-child(6) { left: 45%; animation-delay: 1.44s; }

@keyframes spark-rise {
  0% { opacity: 0; transform: translate(0, 4px) scale(0.6); }
  24% { opacity: 1; }
  100% { opacity: 0; transform: translate(9px, -54px) scale(0.15); }
}

@keyframes breathe {
  50% { transform: translate(-50%, -50%) scale(1.13); }
}

.route-marker {
  position: absolute;
  right: 6.5vw;
  left: auto;
  z-index: 9;
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: auto 1fr;
  column-gap: 10px;
  width: 212px;
  padding: 12px 14px;
  color: var(--white);
  opacity: var(--marker-opacity, 0);
  pointer-events: none;
  border-left: 2px solid var(--gold);
  background: rgba(18, 27, 22, 0.58);
  backdrop-filter: blur(10px);
  transform: translateX(var(--marker-x, 30px));
  transition: opacity 220ms linear, transform 320ms ease-out, border-color 180ms ease, background-color 180ms ease;
}

.route-marker::before {
  content: "";
  position: absolute;
  top: 50%;
  right: 100%;
  width: 48px;
  height: 1px;
  background: linear-gradient(90deg, transparent, rgba(213, 170, 88, 0.72));
}

.route-marker:hover,
.route-marker:focus-visible {
  border-left-color: var(--ember);
  background: rgba(18, 27, 22, 0.92);
}

.route-marker > span {
  grid-row: 1 / 3;
  align-self: center;
  color: var(--gold);
  font-family: Georgia, serif;
  font-size: 12px;
}

.route-marker strong {
  font-size: 15px;
}

.route-marker small {
  font-size: 11px;
  opacity: 0.65;
}

.route-enlist { top: 23%; }
.route-postgraduate { top: 37%; }
.route-public-exams { top: 51%; }
.route-community { top: 65%; }

.story-copy {
  position: absolute;
  top: 21%;
  left: 6.5vw;
  z-index: 20;
  width: min(470px, 36vw);
  opacity: 0;
  pointer-events: none;
  transform: translateY(24px);
  transition: opacity 420ms ease, transform 420ms ease;
}

.story-copy.is-active {
  opacity: 1;
  pointer-events: auto;
  transform: translateY(0);
}

.story-copy .eyebrow {
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  gap: 12px;
  margin: 0 0 16px;
  color: #ece4cf;
  font-size: 13px;
  font-weight: 700;
}

.story-copy .eyebrow::before {
  content: "";
  width: 28px;
  height: 2px;
  background: var(--ember);
}

.story-copy h1,
.story-copy h2 {
  margin: 0;
  font-family: STKaiti, KaiTi, serif;
  font-weight: 700;
  line-height: 1.08;
}

.story-copy h1 {
  font-size: 92px;
}

.story-copy h2 {
  font-size: 52px;
}

.story-copy-opening h1 {
  max-width: 470px;
  font-size: 58px;
  line-height: 1.14;
}

.story-copy-opening h1 span {
  display: inline-block;
  white-space: nowrap;
}

.story-copy.story-copy-opening > .hero-note {
  max-width: 440px;
  margin-top: 22px;
  color: rgba(255, 253, 248, 0.84);
  font-size: 16px;
  line-height: 1.9;
}

.hero-lead {
  margin: 18px 0 0;
  font-size: 24px;
  font-weight: 700;
}

.hero-note,
.story-copy > p:last-of-type {
  max-width: 410px;
  margin: 15px 0 0;
  color: rgba(255, 253, 248, 0.72);
  font-size: 15px;
}

.chapter-next {
  display: inline-flex;
  align-items: center;
  gap: 11px;
  margin-top: 24px;
  padding: 8px 0 7px;
  color: var(--white);
  font-size: 14px;
  font-weight: 700;
  background: transparent;
  border: 0;
  border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(255, 253, 248, 0.58);
  cursor: pointer;
  pointer-events: auto;
  transition: color 180ms ease, border-color 180ms ease;
}

.chapter-next span {
  display: inline-block;
  color: var(--gold);
  transition: transform 180ms ease;
}

.chapter-next:hover,
.chapter-next:focus-visible {
  color: var(--gold);
  border-bottom-color: var(--gold);
}

.chapter-next:hover span,
.chapter-next:focus-visible span {
  transform: translateY(3px);
}

.crossroads {
  position: absolute;
  bottom: 2.5%;
  left: 52%;
  z-index: 6;
  width: 330px;
  opacity: var(--crossroads-opacity);
  transform: translate(-50%, var(--crossroads-y)) scale(var(--crossroads-scale));
  transform-origin: center bottom;
  filter: saturate(0.88) drop-shadow(0 20px 15px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.34));
  will-change: opacity, transform;
}

.crossroads img {
  position: relative;
  z-index: 2;
  display: block;
  width: 100%;
  height: auto;
}

.crossroads-shadow {
  position: absolute;
  right: 15%;
  bottom: 2%;
  left: 15%;
  height: 12px;
  background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.42);
  border-radius: 50%;
  filter: blur(7px);
}

.crossroads-meta {
  position: absolute;
  top: 53%;
  left: calc(100% + 18px);
  width: 130px;
  padding: 7px 0;
  color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.64);
  font-family: Georgia, "Microsoft YaHei", sans-serif;
  font-size: 10px;
  border-top: 1px solid rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.24);
  white-space: nowrap;
}

.crossroads-meta::before {
  content: "";
  position: absolute;
  top: -3px;
  left: -4px;
  width: 5px;
  height: 5px;
  background: var(--ember);
  border-radius: 50%;
}

.primary-cta {
  display: inline-flex;
  align-items: center;
  margin-top: 25px;
  padding: 12px 17px;
  color: var(--white);
  font-size: 14px;
  font-weight: 700;
  background: var(--ember);
  border: 1px solid var(--ember);
}

.primary-cta:hover,
.primary-cta:focus-visible {
  background: var(--ember-dark);
  border-color: var(--ember-dark);
}

.story-copy-product {
  top: 14.5%;
  width: min(590px, 46vw);
}

.story-copy-product h2 {
  font-size: 46px;
  line-height: 1.12;
}

.route-choice-list {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: repeat(2, minmax(0, 1fr));
  margin-top: 20px;
  border-top: 1px solid rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.2);
}

.route-choice {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: 28px minmax(0, 1fr);
  gap: 9px;
  min-width: 0;
  padding: 11px 12px;
  color: rgba(255, 253, 248, 0.76);
  text-align: left;
  background: transparent;
  border: 0;
  border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.16);
  cursor: pointer;
  transition: color 180ms ease, background-color 180ms ease, box-shadow 180ms ease;
}

.route-choice:nth-child(odd) {
  border-right: 1px solid rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.16);
}

.route-choice:hover,
.route-choice:focus-visible,
.route-choice.is-selected {
  color: var(--white);
  background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.06);
  box-shadow: inset 2px 0 var(--gold);
}

.route-choice:focus-visible {
  outline: 1px solid rgba(213, 170, 88, 0.8);
  outline-offset: -1px;
}

.route-choice > span:first-child {
  padding-top: 2px;
  color: var(--gold);
  font-family: Georgia, serif;
  font-size: 11px;
}

.route-choice strong,
.route-choice small {
  display: block;
}

.route-choice strong {
  font-size: 14px;
}

.route-choice small {
  margin-top: 2px;
  color: rgba(255, 253, 248, 0.58);
  font-size: 11px;
  line-height: 1.45;
}

.story-primary-button {
  margin-top: 18px;
  cursor: pointer;
}

.story-primary-button:disabled {
  color: rgba(255, 253, 248, 0.52);
  background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.06);
  border-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.2);
  cursor: not-allowed;
}

.story-primary-button:not(:disabled):hover span,
.story-primary-button:not(:disabled):focus-visible span {
  transform: translateY(3px);
}

.assessment-flow {
  position: relative;
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: repeat(5, minmax(0, 1fr));
  gap: 0;
  margin: 24px 0 0;
  padding: 0;
  list-style: none;
  border-top: 1px solid rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.24);
}

.assessment-flow li {
  position: relative;
  min-width: 0;
  padding: 17px 8px 0 0;
}

.assessment-flow li::before {
  content: "";
  position: absolute;
  top: -4px;
  left: 0;
  width: 7px;
  height: 7px;
  background: var(--gold);
  border-radius: 50%;
  box-shadow: 0 0 0 4px rgba(213, 170, 88, 0.12);
}

.assessment-flow li:first-child::before,
.assessment-flow li:last-child::before {
  background: var(--ember);
}

.assessment-flow span,
.assessment-flow strong {
  display: block;
}

.assessment-flow span {
  color: rgba(255, 253, 248, 0.48);
  font-family: Georgia, serif;
  font-size: 10px;
}

.assessment-flow strong {
  margin-top: 3px;
  color: rgba(255, 253, 248, 0.86);
  font-size: 12px;
  white-space: nowrap;
}

.story-copy > .story-disclaimer {
  max-width: 520px;
  margin-top: 12px;
  color: rgba(255, 253, 248, 0.54);
  font-size: 11px;
  line-height: 1.6;
}

.planning-entry-list {
  margin-top: 20px;
  border-top: 1px solid rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.2);
}

.planning-entry-list a {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: 30px minmax(0, 1fr) auto;
  align-items: center;
  gap: 10px;
  padding: 13px 2px;
  color: rgba(255, 253, 248, 0.78);
  border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.16);
  transition: color 180ms ease, padding-left 180ms ease, background-color 180ms ease;
}

.planning-entry-list a:hover,
.planning-entry-list a:focus-visible {
  padding-left: 8px;
  color: var(--white);
  background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.05);
}

.planning-entry-list a > span:first-child {
  color: var(--gold);
  font-family: Georgia, serif;
  font-size: 11px;
}

.planning-entry-list strong,
.planning-entry-list small {
  display: block;
}

.planning-entry-list strong {
  font-size: 14px;
}

.planning-entry-list small {
  margin-top: 2px;
  color: rgba(255, 253, 248, 0.58);
  font-size: 11px;
  line-height: 1.45;
}

.planning-entry-list i {
  color: var(--gold);
  font-style: normal;
}

.story-action-row {
  display: flex;
  flex-wrap: wrap;
  align-items: center;
  gap: 12px;
}

.secondary-cta {
  display: inline-flex;
  align-items: center;
  margin-top: 25px;
  padding: 11px 16px;
  color: rgba(255, 253, 248, 0.9);
  font-size: 14px;
  font-weight: 700;
  border: 1px solid rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.36);
  transition: color 180ms ease, border-color 180ms ease, background-color 180ms ease;
}

.secondary-cta span {
  margin-left: 8px;
  color: var(--gold);
  transition: transform 180ms ease;
}

.secondary-cta:hover,
.secondary-cta:focus-visible {
  color: var(--white);
  border-color: var(--gold);
  background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.06);
}

.secondary-cta:hover span,
.secondary-cta:focus-visible span {
  transform: translateX(4px);
}

.story-guide {
  position: absolute;
  right: 4.5vw;
  bottom: 52px;
  z-index: 24;
  display: grid;
  gap: 6px;
  width: 250px;
}

.story-progress {
  position: relative;
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: auto minmax(72px, 1fr) auto;
  align-items: center;
  gap: 11px;
  width: 100%;
  font-size: 11px;
}

.progress-number {
  color: var(--gold);
  font-family: Georgia, serif;
  font-size: 14px;
}

.progress-track {
  position: relative;
  height: 1px;
  background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.28);
}

.progress-track i {
  position: absolute;
  inset: 0 auto 0 0;
  width: var(--progress-width);
  background: var(--ember);
}

.progress-label {
  min-width: 52px;
  color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.66);
}

.scroll-cue {
  position: relative;
  justify-self: end;
  display: grid;
  justify-items: center;
  gap: 8px;
  min-width: 132px;
  min-height: 62px;
  padding: 8px 18px 4px;
  color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.92);
  background: transparent;
  border: 0;
  opacity: var(--scroll-cue-opacity);
  transform: none;
  cursor: pointer;
  pointer-events: auto;
  transition: color 180ms ease, opacity 180ms ease;
}

.scroll-cue span {
  font-size: 14px;
  font-weight: 700;
  line-height: 1.3;
  text-shadow: 0 2px 8px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3);
}

.scroll-cue i {
  display: block;
  width: 20px;
  height: 20px;
  border-right: 2px solid currentColor;
  border-bottom: 2px solid currentColor;
  transform: rotate(45deg);
  animation: continue-down 1.55s ease-in-out infinite;
}

.scroll-cue:hover,
.scroll-cue:focus-visible {
  color: var(--gold);
}

.scroll-cue:focus-visible {
  outline: none;
}

.scroll-cue:focus-visible span {
  text-decoration: underline;
  text-underline-offset: 4px;
}

.scroll-cue.is-changing span {
  animation: cue-label-in 300ms ease both;
}

.scroll-cue.is-route-guide {
  min-width: 210px;
  min-height: 44px;
  color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);
  cursor: default;
  pointer-events: none;
}

.scroll-cue.is-route-guide i {
  display: none;
}

@keyframes cue-label-in {
  from { opacity: 0; transform: translateY(5px); }
  to { opacity: 1; transform: translateY(0); }
}

@keyframes continue-down {
  0%, 100% { opacity: 0.35; transform: translateY(-3px) rotate(45deg); }
  50% { opacity: 1; transform: translateY(4px) rotate(45deg); }
}

.next-glimpse {
  position: absolute;
  right: 0;
  bottom: 0;
  left: 0;
  z-index: 18;
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: repeat(4, 1fr);
  height: 44px;
  padding: 0 4.5vw;
  border-top: 1px solid rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.15);
  background: rgba(13, 20, 16, 0.5);
  backdrop-filter: blur(8px);
}

.next-glimpse a {
  display: grid;
  place-items: center;
  font-size: 11px;
  color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.52);
  border-right: 1px solid rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.1);
  transition: color 180ms ease, background-color 180ms ease, box-shadow 180ms ease;
}

.next-glimpse a:hover,
.next-glimpse a:focus-visible {
  color: var(--white);
  background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.06);
  box-shadow: inset 0 -2px var(--ember);
}

.next-glimpse a:last-child {
  border-right: 0;
}

.section-shell,
.mentor-shell {
  width: min(1180px, calc(100% - 9vw));
  margin: 0 auto;
}

.paths-section {
  padding: 120px 0 132px;
  background: var(--paper);
}

.section-heading {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: minmax(130px, 0.55fr) 1.5fr 0.9fr;
  gap: 38px;
  align-items: end;
  padding-bottom: 46px;
  border-bottom: 1px solid var(--line);
}

.section-index {
  margin: 0;
  color: var(--ember-dark);
  font-family: Georgia, "Microsoft YaHei", sans-serif;
  font-size: 12px;
  font-weight: 700;
}

.section-heading h2,
.mentor-copy h2 {
  margin: 0;
  font-family: STKaiti, KaiTi, serif;
  font-size: 42px;
  line-height: 1.2;
}

.section-heading > p:last-child,
.mentor-copy > p {
  margin: 0;
  color: rgba(23, 27, 24, 0.62);
  font-size: 14px;
}

.path-grid {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: repeat(3, 1fr);
  gap: 1px;
  margin-top: 1px;
  background: var(--line);
  border-bottom: 1px solid var(--line);
}

.path-card {
  position: relative;
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: 44px 1fr auto;
  gap: 18px;
  min-height: 190px;
  padding: 38px 34px;
  background: var(--paper);
  scroll-margin-top: 96px;
  transition: color 240ms ease, background-color 240ms ease;
}

.path-card:not(:last-child) {
  border-right: 1px solid var(--line);
}

.path-card:hover,
.path-card:focus-within,
.path-card:focus-visible,
.path-card:target {
  color: var(--white);
  background: var(--forest);
}

.path-number {
  color: var(--ember-dark);
  font-family: Georgia, serif;
  font-size: 12px;
}

.path-card:hover .path-number,
.path-card:focus-within .path-number,
.path-card:focus-visible .path-number,
.path-card:target .path-number {
  color: var(--gold);
}

.path-card h3 {
  margin: 0 0 15px;
  font-family: STKaiti, KaiTi, serif;
  font-size: 26px;
  line-height: 1.2;
}

.path-card p {
  max-width: 360px;
  margin: 0;
  color: rgba(23, 27, 24, 0.62);
  font-size: 13px;
}

.path-card:hover p,
.path-card:focus-within p,
.path-card:focus-visible p,
.path-card:target p {
  color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.65);
}

.card-arrow {
  align-self: start;
  font-size: 20px;
  transition: transform 200ms ease;
}

.path-card:hover .card-arrow,
.path-card:focus-within .card-arrow,
.path-card:focus-visible .card-arrow,
.path-card:target .card-arrow {
  transform: translate(5px, -5px);
}

.service-category {
  grid-template-columns: 44px 1fr;
  align-content: start;
  min-height: 278px;
}

.service-entry-list {
  display: grid;
  margin-top: 22px;
  border-top: 1px solid rgba(23, 27, 24, 0.14);
}

.service-entry-list a {
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  justify-content: space-between;
  min-height: 38px;
  color: rgba(23, 27, 24, 0.78);
  font-size: 13px;
  font-weight: 700;
  border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(23, 27, 24, 0.1);
  transition: color 180ms ease, padding-left 180ms ease, border-color 180ms ease;
}

.service-entry-list i {
  font-style: normal;
}

.path-card:hover .service-entry-list,
.path-card:focus-within .service-entry-list,
.path-card:target .service-entry-list {
  border-top-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.2);
}

.path-card:hover .service-entry-list a,
.path-card:focus-within .service-entry-list a,
.path-card:target .service-entry-list a {
  color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.82);
  border-bottom-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.12);
}

.service-entry-list a:hover,
.service-entry-list a:focus-visible {
  padding-left: 6px;
  color: var(--gold) !important;
  outline: none;
}

.mentor-section {
  overflow: hidden;
  color: var(--white);
  background: var(--forest);
}

.mentor-shell {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: 0.9fr 1.1fr;
  align-items: center;
  min-height: 560px;
}

.mentor-visual {
  position: relative;
  align-self: stretch;
  min-height: 520px;
}

.mentor-visual::before {
  content: "";
  position: absolute;
  inset: 0 10% 0 -25vw;
  background:
    linear-gradient(rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.05) 1px, transparent 1px),
    linear-gradient(90deg, rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.05) 1px, transparent 1px),
    #1b2821;
  background-size: 48px 48px;
}

.mentor-visual img {
  position: absolute;
  z-index: 2;
  bottom: 0;
  left: 40%;
  width: 450px;
  max-width: 86%;
  filter: drop-shadow(0 24px 19px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3));
  transform: translateX(-50%);
}

.mentor-visual span {
  position: absolute;
  z-index: 1;
  top: 32%;
  left: 40%;
  width: 120px;
  height: 120px;
  border: 1px solid rgba(213, 170, 88, 0.42);
  border-radius: 50%;
  box-shadow: 0 0 60px rgba(232, 91, 47, 0.3);
  transform: translate(-50%, -50%);
}

.mentor-copy {
  padding: 60px 0 60px 7vw;
}

.mentor-copy .section-index {
  color: var(--gold);
}

.mentor-copy h2 {
  max-width: 560px;
  margin: 24px 0 28px;
  font-size: 44px;
}

.mentor-copy > p {
  max-width: 500px;
  color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.62);
}

.text-link {
  display: inline-block;
  margin-top: 34px;
  padding-bottom: 5px;
  color: var(--gold);
  font-size: 14px;
  font-weight: 700;
  border-bottom: 1px solid currentColor;
}

.policy-section {
  padding: 126px 0;
  background: #e4e0d5;
}

.policy-layout {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: 0.85fr 1.15fr;
  gap: 8vw;
}

.policy-layout .section-heading {
  display: block;
  padding: 0;
  border: 0;
}

.policy-layout .section-heading h2 {
  margin: 20px 0 22px;
}

.policy-list {
  border-top: 1px solid rgba(23, 27, 24, 0.3);
}

.policy-list a {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: 58px 1fr auto;
  gap: 22px;
  align-items: center;
  min-height: 90px;
  border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(23, 27, 24, 0.2);
  transition: padding 180ms ease, background-color 180ms ease;
}

.policy-list a:hover,
.policy-list a:focus-visible {
  padding-right: 14px;
  padding-left: 14px;
  background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.32);
}

.policy-list time {
  color: var(--ember-dark);
  font-family: Georgia, serif;
  font-size: 12px;
}

.policy-list span {
  font-size: 14px;
}

.policy-list strong {
  margin-right: 10px;
  color: var(--forest);
}

.policy-list i {
  font-style: normal;
}

.business-section {
  color: var(--white);
  background: #202a25;
  border-top: 1px solid rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.08);
}

.business-shell {
  width: min(980px, calc(100% - 9vw));
  margin: 0 auto;
  padding: 104px 0 112px;
}

.business-detail {
  width: 100%;
}

.brand-architecture {
  width: 100%;
  border-top: 1px solid rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.16);
}

.brand-tier {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: 100px 150px minmax(0, 1fr);
  gap: 20px;
  align-items: center;
  min-height: 76px;
  padding: 16px 0;
  border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.13);
}

.brand-tier span {
  color: var(--gold);
  font-size: 12px;
  font-weight: 700;
}

.brand-tier strong,
.brand-tier h2 {
  margin: 0;
  font-family: STKaiti, KaiTi, serif;
  font-size: 22px;
  line-height: 1.2;
}

.brand-tier p {
  margin: 0;
  color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.62);
  font-size: 14px;
  line-height: 1.6;
}

.business-boundary {
  margin: 24px 0 0;
  padding: 2px 0 2px 16px;
  color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.54);
  font-size: 13px;
  line-height: 1.75;
  border-left: 2px solid rgba(213, 170, 88, 0.48);
}

.business-boundary strong {
  color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.76);
}

.business-boundary + .channel-heading {
  margin-top: 42px;
}

.channel-heading {
  display: flex;
  align-items: end;
  justify-content: space-between;
  margin: 42px 0 16px;
}

.channel-heading strong {
  font-size: 15px;
}

.channel-heading span {
  color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.5);
  font-size: 12px;
}

.channel-grid {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: repeat(2, 1fr);
  gap: 1px;
  background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.11);
  border: 1px solid rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.11);
}

.social-channel {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: auto minmax(0, 1fr) auto;
  align-items: center;
  gap: 14px;
  min-height: 86px;
  padding: 16px 18px;
  background: #202a25;
  outline: 0;
  transition: color 180ms ease, background-color 180ms ease;
}

.social-channel:hover,
.social-channel:focus-visible {
  background: #28362e;
}

.social-channel-copy {
  display: grid;
  line-height: 1.25;
}

.social-channel strong {
  font-size: 15px;
}

.social-channel small {
  margin-top: 4px;
  color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.48);
  font-size: 11px;
}

.social-channel-action {
  color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.48);
  font-size: 11px;
  white-space: nowrap;
  transition: color 180ms ease;
}

.social-channel-action i {
  display: inline-block;
  margin-left: 3px;
  color: var(--gold);
  font-style: normal;
  transition: transform 180ms ease;
}

.social-channel:hover .social-channel-action,
.social-channel:focus-visible .social-channel-action {
  color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.86);
}

.social-channel:hover .social-channel-action i,
.social-channel:focus-visible .social-channel-action i {
  transform: translate(2px, -2px);
}

.social-icon {
  display: grid;
  place-items: center;
  flex: 0 0 auto;
  width: 42px;
  height: 42px;
  color: white;
  font-size: 18px;
  font-weight: 800;
  line-height: 1;
  border-radius: 8px;
}

.channel-douyin {
  color: #ffffff;
  background: #191919;
  text-shadow: -2px 0 #27e3d6, 2px 0 #fa315a;
}

.channel-red {
  background: #ff2442;
  font-size: 14px;
}

.channel-video {
  background: #f59b45;
  font-family: Georgia, serif;
  font-size: 25px;
}

.channel-wechat {
  background: #41bf7a;
  font-size: 14px;
}

footer {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: 1fr auto;
  gap: 38px;
  align-items: end;
  padding: 76px 4.5vw 34px;
  color: var(--white);
  background: var(--ink);
}

.footer-brand {
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  font-family: STKaiti, KaiTi, serif;
  font-size: 34px;
}

footer > p {
  margin: 0;
  color: var(--gold);
  font-family: STKaiti, KaiTi, serif;
  font-size: 22px;
}

.footer-meta {
  grid-column: 1 / -1;
  display: flex;
  justify-content: space-between;
  padding-top: 28px;
  color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.38);
  font-size: 11px;
  border-top: 1px solid rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.12);
}

.reveal {
  opacity: 0;
  transform: translateY(24px);
  transition: opacity 600ms ease, transform 600ms ease;
}

.reveal.is-visible {
  opacity: 1;
  transform: translateY(0);
}

.path-card:nth-child(2) { transition-delay: 80ms; }
.path-card:nth-child(3) { transition-delay: 140ms; }

@media (max-width: 1180px) {
  .topbar {
    grid-template-columns: 1fr auto;
  }

  .brand-tagline,
  .account-menu {
    display: none;
  }

  .menu-button {
    display: block;
  }

  .nav-links {
    position: fixed;
    top: 76px;
    right: 0;
    left: 0;
    display: grid;
    gap: 0;
    padding: 12px 4.5vw 24px;
    max-height: calc(100svh - 76px);
    color: var(--ink);
    background: rgba(242, 240, 233, 0.98);
    border-bottom: 1px solid var(--line);
    overflow-y: auto;
    transform: translateY(-140%);
    transition: transform 220ms ease;
  }

  .topbar.is-open .nav-links {
    transform: translateY(0);
  }

  .nav-links a {
    padding: 15px 0;
    border-bottom: 1px solid var(--line);
  }

  .nav-links a::after {
    display: none;
  }

  .nav-mobile-action {
    display: flex;
    align-items: center;
    justify-content: space-between;
    padding: 15px 0;
    color: rgba(23, 27, 24, 0.54);
    font-size: 14px;
    font-weight: 700;
    border-bottom: 1px solid var(--line);
  }

  .nav-mobile-account {
    display: grid;
    gap: 10px;
    padding: 14px 0 4px;
    border-bottom: 1px solid var(--line);
  }

  .nav-mobile-account > strong {
    font-size: 14px;
  }

  .nav-mobile-account .account-module {
    margin-bottom: 8px;
  }
}

@media (max-width: 1000px) {

  .story-copy {
    width: 42vw;
  }

  .story-copy-product {
    top: 15.5%;
    width: min(560px, 50vw);
  }

  .story-copy h1 {
    font-size: 74px;
  }

  .story-copy h2 {
    font-size: 42px;
  }

  .story-copy-product h2 {
    font-size: 40px;
  }

  .story-copy-opening h1 {
    font-size: 50px;
  }

  .route-marker {
    right: 4.5vw;
    width: 190px;
  }

  .section-heading {
    grid-template-columns: 0.55fr 1.4fr;
  }

  .section-heading > p:last-child {
    grid-column: 2;
  }

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

  .path-card {
    min-height: 154px;
  }

  .path-card:not(:last-child) {
    border-right: 0;
  }
}

@media (max-width: 720px) {
  .topbar {
    height: 66px;
    padding: 0 20px;
  }

  .brand-name {
    font-size: 23px;
  }

  .nav-links {
    top: 66px;
    padding-right: 20px;
    padding-left: 20px;
  }

  .story {
    height: 560vh;
  }

  .story-stage {
    min-height: 560px;
  }

  .distant-campus {
    top: 18%;
    transform: scale(1.45);
  }

  .road {
    clip-path: polygon(45% 31%, 55% 31%, 102% 100%, -2% 100%);
  }

  .departure-scene::before {
    background-position: 51% center;
    filter: blur(15px) brightness(0.5) saturate(0.78);
    transform: scale(1.12);
  }

  .departure-scene::after {
    background:
      linear-gradient(180deg, rgba(13, 25, 18, 0.9) 0%, rgba(14, 26, 19, 0.68) 27%, rgba(18, 28, 21, 0.16) 51%, rgba(13, 22, 16, 0.5) 100%),
      linear-gradient(90deg, rgba(12, 24, 17, 0.2), transparent 40%, rgba(12, 24, 17, 0.08));
  }

  .departure-scene-image {
    top: auto;
    right: 50%;
    bottom: 32px;
    width: max(124vw, calc((100svh - 332px) * 1.067));
    height: auto;
    transform: translate3d(50%, 0, 0) scale(var(--departure-scale));
    transform-origin: center bottom;
  }

  .guard-scene::before {
    background-position: 54% 45%;
    filter: blur(17px) brightness(0.48) saturate(0.88);
    transform: scale(1.12);
  }

  .guard-scene::after {
    background:
      linear-gradient(180deg, rgba(13, 25, 18, 0.97) 0%, rgba(14, 26, 19, 0.9) 34%, rgba(18, 28, 21, 0.46) 49%, rgba(18, 28, 21, 0.16) 64%, rgba(13, 22, 16, 0.52) 100%),
      linear-gradient(90deg, rgba(12, 24, 17, 0.58), rgba(12, 24, 17, 0.3) 68%, rgba(12, 24, 17, 0.06));
  }

  .guard-scene-image {
    top: auto;
    right: 50%;
    bottom: 0;
    height: 70svh;
    -webkit-mask-image: linear-gradient(90deg, transparent 0%, #000 9%, #000 91%, transparent 100%);
    mask-image: linear-gradient(90deg, transparent 0%, #000 9%, #000 91%, transparent 100%);
    transform: translate3d(50%, 0, 0) scale(var(--guard-scale));
    transform-origin: center bottom;
  }

  .story-copy {
    top: 12.5%;
    left: 20px;
    width: calc(100% - 40px);
    text-shadow: 0 2px 20px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.36);
  }

  .story-copy .eyebrow {
    margin-bottom: 10px;
  }

  .story-copy h1 {
    font-size: 64px;
  }

  .story-copy-opening h1 {
    max-width: 350px;
    font-size: 36px;
    line-height: 1.15;
  }

  .story-copy-opening h1 br:nth-of-type(2) {
    display: none;
  }

  .story-copy h2 {
    max-width: 350px;
    font-size: 32px;
  }

  .story-copy-product {
    top: 11.5%;
    width: calc(100% - 40px);
  }

  .story-copy-product h2 {
    font-size: 32px;
  }

  .hero-lead {
    font-size: 20px;
  }

  .hero-note,
  .story-copy > p:last-of-type {
    max-width: 330px;
    font-size: 13px;
  }

  .story-copy.story-copy-opening > .hero-note {
    max-width: 340px;
    margin-top: 10px;
    color: rgba(255, 253, 248, 0.94);
    font-size: 13px;
    line-height: 1.75;
    text-shadow: 0 2px 14px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.72);
  }

  .chapter-next {
    margin-top: 17px;
    font-size: 13px;
  }

  .route-choice-list {
    margin-top: 14px;
  }

  .route-choice {
    grid-template-columns: 22px minmax(0, 1fr);
    gap: 6px;
    padding: 8px 7px;
  }

  .route-choice strong {
    font-size: 12px;
  }

  .route-choice small {
    font-size: 10px;
    line-height: 1.35;
    overflow-wrap: anywhere;
  }

  .story-primary-button {
    margin-top: 13px;
    padding: 10px 13px;
    font-size: 12px;
  }

  .assessment-flow {
    margin-top: 18px;
  }

  .assessment-flow li {
    padding: 14px 2px 0 0;
  }

  .assessment-flow span {
    font-size: 9px;
  }

  .assessment-flow strong {
    font-size: 10px;
  }

  .story-copy > .story-disclaimer {
    max-width: 340px;
    margin-top: 8px;
    font-size: 10px;
  }

  .planning-entry-list {
    margin-top: 14px;
  }

  .planning-entry-list a {
    grid-template-columns: 24px minmax(0, 1fr) auto;
    gap: 7px;
    padding: 10px 2px;
  }

  .planning-entry-list strong {
    font-size: 12px;
  }

  .planning-entry-list small {
    font-size: 10px;
    line-height: 1.35;
  }

  .story-action-row {
    gap: 8px;
  }

  .story-action-row .primary-cta,
  .secondary-cta {
    margin-top: 14px;
    padding: 9px 11px;
    font-size: 12px;
  }

  .traveler {
    width: 118px;
  }

  .traveler-meta,
  .crossroads-meta {
    display: none;
  }

  .crossroads {
    bottom: 18%;
    left: 48%;
    width: 218px;
  }

  .handover {
    bottom: 7%;
    width: 320px;
  }

  .route-marker {
    display: none;
  }

  .story-guide {
    right: 20px;
    bottom: 47px;
    width: min(230px, calc(100% - 40px));
  }

  .story-progress {
    grid-template-columns: auto minmax(54px, 1fr) auto;
  }

  .next-glimpse {
    height: 38px;
    padding: 0;
  }

  .next-glimpse a {
    font-size: 9px;
  }

  .section-shell,
  .mentor-shell {
    width: calc(100% - 40px);
  }

  .paths-section,
  .policy-section,
  .business-section {
    padding: 82px 0;
  }

  .section-heading {
    display: block;
    padding-bottom: 32px;
  }

  .section-heading h2,
  .mentor-copy h2 {
    margin: 18px 0;
    font-size: 34px;
  }

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

  .path-card {
    grid-template-columns: 34px 1fr auto;
    min-height: 150px;
    padding: 28px 16px;
  }

  .path-card:not(:last-child) {
    border-right: 0;
  }

  .mentor-shell {
    grid-template-columns: 1fr;
  }

  .mentor-visual {
    min-height: 380px;
  }

  .mentor-visual::before {
    inset: 0 -20px;
  }

  .mentor-visual img {
    left: 50%;
    width: 360px;
  }

  .mentor-visual span {
    left: 50%;
  }

  .mentor-copy {
    padding: 60px 0 76px;
  }

  .policy-layout {
    grid-template-columns: 1fr;
    gap: 48px;
  }

  .policy-list a {
    grid-template-columns: 46px 1fr auto;
    gap: 12px;
  }

  .policy-list span {
    font-size: 13px;
  }

  .business-shell {
    width: calc(100% - 40px);
    padding: 0;
  }

  .business-detail {
    padding: 0;
  }

  .brand-tier {
    grid-template-columns: 72px minmax(0, 1fr);
    gap: 4px 12px;
    min-height: 0;
    padding: 16px 0;
  }

  .brand-tier p {
    grid-column: 2;
    font-size: 13px;
  }

  .channel-heading {
    align-items: start;
    gap: 8px;
    margin-top: 40px;
  }

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

  .social-channel {
    min-height: 80px;
  }

  footer {
    grid-template-columns: 1fr;
    padding: 58px 20px 28px;
  }

  .footer-meta {
    display: grid;
    gap: 8px;
  }
}

@media (max-width: 370px) {
  .story-copy-opening h1 {
    font-size: 32px;
  }
}

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

  *,
  *::before,
  *::after {
    animation-duration: 0.01ms !important;
    animation-iteration-count: 1 !important;
    transition-duration: 0.01ms !important;
  }
}