/* ==========================================================================
   Ahqenza website
   Hand-written CSS. Custom properties, no frameworks.
   ========================================================================== */

/* --------------------------------------------------------------------------
   1. Tokens
   -------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
:root {
  --ink: #0E1113;
  --ink-2: #171C20;
  --ink-3: #22282D;
  --bronze: #A28E63;
  --bronze-deep: #6E5E3E;
  --bronze-light: #C9B88F;
  --stone: #E4E1DB;
  --paper: #F3F1EC;
  --text-dark: #15181B;
  --text-mute-dark: #5F656B;
  --text-light: #F1EEE8;
  --text-mute-light: #A9ADB1;

  --bronze-grad: linear-gradient(160deg, #C9B88F 0%, #A28E63 45%, #6E5E3E 100%);

  --lean: 21.5deg;
  --lean-tan: 0.3939;

  --display: "Newsreader", "Iowan Old Style", Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;
  --sans: "Hanken Grotesk", "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif;

  --gutter: clamp(20px, 4vw, 64px);
  --maxw: 1400px;
  --sec-pad: clamp(84px, 9vw, 152px);
  --edge: 6vw;

  --hdr-h: 114px;

  --hatch-light: repeating-linear-gradient(111.5deg, rgba(110, 94, 62, .075) 0 1px, transparent 1px 13px);
  --hatch-dark: repeating-linear-gradient(111.5deg, rgba(201, 184, 143, .07) 0 1px, transparent 1px 13px);

  --ease: cubic-bezier(.22, .61, .36, 1);
}

/* --------------------------------------------------------------------------
   2. Reset and base
   -------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
*, *::before, *::after { box-sizing: border-box; }

html {
  scroll-behavior: smooth;
  -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;
}
@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) { html { scroll-behavior: auto; } }

body {
  margin: 0;
  background: var(--ink);
  color: var(--text-dark);
  font-family: var(--sans);
  font-size: 17px;
  font-weight: 400;
  line-height: 1.62;
  -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;
  overflow-x: hidden;
}
@media (max-width: 700px) { body { font-size: 16px; } }

body.is-locked { overflow: hidden; }

section[id], main[id] { scroll-margin-top: calc(var(--hdr-h) + 12px); }

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

a { color: inherit; }

p { margin: 0 0 1.05em; }
p:last-child { margin-bottom: 0; }

button { font: inherit; color: inherit; }

:focus-visible {
  outline: 2px solid var(--bronze);
  outline-offset: 3px;
  border-radius: 2px;
}

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

.skip-link {
  position: fixed; top: 10px; left: 10px; z-index: 200;
  transform: translateY(-160%);
  background: var(--bronze); color: #0E1113;
  padding: 12px 20px; font-weight: 600; font-size: 14px;
  text-decoration: none; border-radius: 999px;
  transition: transform .25s var(--ease);
}
.skip-link:focus { transform: none; }

.container {
  width: 100%;
  max-width: var(--maxw);
  margin-inline: auto;
  padding-inline: var(--gutter);
}

/* --------------------------------------------------------------------------
   3. Typography
   -------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
.h1, .h2, .h3, .h-small {
  font-family: var(--display);
  font-weight: 400;
  letter-spacing: -0.01em;
  margin: 0;
  /* Newsreader is an optical-size variable face. Left on auto it swings to the
     72pt master at display sizes, where the hairlines thin out over photography.
     Pinning a mid optical size keeps the stroke weight readable on every ground. */
  font-optical-sizing: none;
  font-variation-settings: "opsz" 26;
}
.h1 { font-size: clamp(2.6rem, 6vw, 5.4rem); line-height: 1.05; letter-spacing: -0.022em; font-variation-settings: "opsz" 30; }
.h2 { font-size: clamp(2.05rem, 4vw, 3.7rem); line-height: 1.08; letter-spacing: -0.018em; font-variation-settings: "opsz" 28; }
.h3 { font-size: clamp(1.3rem, 1.9vw, 1.65rem); line-height: 1.26; letter-spacing: -0.008em; }
.h-small { font-size: clamp(1.25rem, 2vw, 1.5rem); line-height: 1.32; letter-spacing: -0.008em; }

.h1 em, .h2 em, .h3 em { font-style: italic; color: var(--bronze); }
.section-stone .h1 em, .section-stone .h2 em,
.section-paper .h2 em { color: var(--bronze-deep); }

.lead {
  font-size: clamp(1.15rem, 1.5vw, 1.35rem);
  line-height: 1.55;
}

.label {
  font-family: var(--sans);
  font-weight: 600;
  font-size: 12px;
  letter-spacing: .14em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  color: var(--bronze-deep);
  margin-bottom: .35em;
}
.section-ink .label { color: var(--bronze); }

/* SplitText line masks. Padding/margin keeps descenders and italic tails
   from ever being clipped by the overflow:hidden mask. */
.lmask {
  display: block;
  overflow: hidden;
  padding: .5em .16em .3em;
  /* Adjacent block margins collapse, so the bottom compensation of one mask
     would swallow the top compensation of the next and open a gap between
     lines. Middle masks take the whole -.8em on top instead. */
  margin: -.8em -.16em 0;
}
.lmask:first-child { margin-top: -.5em; }
.lmask:last-child { margin-bottom: -.3em; }
.nobr { white-space: nowrap; }
.lmask > .line { display: block; will-change: transform; }

/* --------------------------------------------------------------------------
   4. Sections, grounds and textures
   -------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
.section-ink {
  position: relative;
  background: var(--ink);
  color: var(--text-light);
  padding-block: var(--sec-pad);
}
.section-stone {
  position: relative;
  background: var(--stone);
  color: var(--text-dark);
  padding-block: var(--sec-pad);
}
.section-paper {
  position: relative;
  background: var(--paper);
  color: var(--text-dark);
  padding-block: clamp(44px, 5vw, 72px);
}
.section-ink p { color: var(--text-mute-light); }
.section-stone p, .section-paper p { color: var(--text-mute-dark); }
.section-ink .lead { color: var(--text-light); }
.section-stone .lead { color: var(--text-dark); }

.has-hatch::after {
  content: "";
  position: absolute; inset: 0;
  background-image: var(--hatch-light);
  pointer-events: none;
  z-index: 0;
}
.section-ink.has-hatch::after { background-image: var(--hatch-dark); }
.has-hatch > * { position: relative; z-index: 1; }

/* Diagonal section edges at the stroke lean.
   A wedge painted in the previous section's colour across the top of this one,
   so the visible boundary runs from lower left to upper right, matching the
   lean of the three strokes. No clipping of the section itself, so pinned and
   sticky children behave normally. */
.edge-top { padding-top: calc(var(--sec-pad) + var(--edge)); }
.edge-top::before {
  content: "";
  position: absolute;
  left: 0; right: 0; top: -1px;
  height: var(--edge);
  background: var(--edge-color, var(--stone));
  clip-path: polygon(0 0, 100% 0, 100% 0, 0 100%);
  z-index: 2;
  pointer-events: none;
}
.section-stone.edge-top { --edge-color: var(--ink); }
.section-ink.edge-top { --edge-color: var(--stone); }
.orgs.edge-top { --edge-color: var(--ink); }
.connected.edge-top { --edge-color: var(--stone); }
.experience.edge-top { --edge-color: var(--stone); }
.how.edge-top { --edge-color: var(--ink); }

/* Stroke watermark */
.watermark {
  position: absolute;
  right: -14vw;
  bottom: -18vw;
  width: 60vw;
  opacity: .085;
  pointer-events: none;
  z-index: 0;
}
.watermark img { width: 100%; height: auto; }
.has-watermark { overflow: hidden; }
.has-watermark > .container { position: relative; z-index: 1; }

/* --------------------------------------------------------------------------
   5. Buttons and links
   -------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
.btn {
  position: relative;
  display: inline-flex;
  align-items: center;
  gap: .6em;
  padding: 15px 30px;
  border-radius: 999px;
  font-family: var(--sans);
  font-weight: 500;
  font-size: 15px;
  letter-spacing: .01em;
  line-height: 1;
  text-decoration: none;
  overflow: hidden;
  border: 1px solid transparent;
  cursor: pointer;
  transition: color .35s var(--ease), border-color .35s var(--ease), background-color .35s var(--ease);
}
.btn > span, .btn > i { position: relative; z-index: 1; }

.btn-primary { background: var(--bronze); color: #0E1113; }
.btn-primary::after {
  content: "";
  position: absolute;
  top: -60%; bottom: -60%;
  left: -140%;
  width: 60%;
  background: linear-gradient(90deg, rgba(255, 255, 255, 0) 0%, rgba(255, 250, 240, .55) 50%, rgba(255, 255, 255, 0) 100%);
  transform: skewX(calc(var(--lean) * -1));
  transition: transform .7s var(--ease), left .7s var(--ease);
  z-index: 0;
}
.btn-primary:hover { background: var(--bronze-light); }
.btn-primary:hover::after, .btn-primary:focus-visible::after { left: 180%; }

.btn-ghost {
  border-color: rgba(162, 142, 99, .55);
  color: var(--bronze-light);
  background: transparent;
}
.section-stone .btn-ghost, .section-paper .btn-ghost { color: var(--bronze-deep); }
.btn-ghost:hover { border-color: var(--bronze); background: rgba(162, 142, 99, .1); }

.btn-arrow {
  width: 16px; height: 8px;
  background: currentColor;
  clip-path: polygon(0 45%, 70% 45%, 70% 15%, 100% 50%, 70% 85%, 70% 55%, 0 55%);
  transition: transform .35s var(--ease);
}
.btn:hover .btn-arrow { transform: translateX(5px); }

.link-arrow {
  display: inline-flex; align-items: center; gap: .55em;
  font-weight: 500; font-size: 15px;
  text-decoration: none;
  color: var(--bronze-deep);
  padding-bottom: 3px;
  border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(110, 94, 62, .35);
  transition: border-color .3s var(--ease), color .3s var(--ease);
}
.section-ink .link-arrow { color: var(--bronze-light); border-bottom-color: rgba(201, 184, 143, .3); }
.link-arrow i {
  width: 15px; height: 8px; background: currentColor;
  clip-path: polygon(0 45%, 70% 45%, 70% 15%, 100% 50%, 70% 85%, 70% 55%, 0 55%);
  transition: transform .35s var(--ease);
}
.link-arrow:hover { border-bottom-color: currentColor; }
.link-arrow:hover i { transform: translateX(5px); }

/* --------------------------------------------------------------------------
   6. Header
   -------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
.hdr {
  position: fixed;
  inset: 0 0 auto 0;
  z-index: 100;
  padding-block: 22px;
  transition: padding .4s var(--ease), background-color .4s var(--ease), backdrop-filter .4s var(--ease), border-color .4s var(--ease);
  border-bottom: 1px solid transparent;
}
.hdr-inner {
  width: 100%;
  max-width: var(--maxw);
  margin-inline: auto;
  padding-inline: var(--gutter);
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  gap: clamp(16px, 2.4vw, 40px);
}
.brand { flex: none; display: block; line-height: 0; }
.brand img {
  height: 70px; width: auto;
  transition: height .4s var(--ease);
}
.hdr.is-stuck {
  padding-block: 12px;
  background: rgba(14, 17, 19, .78);
  backdrop-filter: blur(14px);
  -webkit-backdrop-filter: blur(14px);
  border-bottom-color: var(--ink-3);
}
.hdr.is-stuck .brand img { height: 44px; }

.nav { margin-left: auto; }
.nav-list {
  display: flex; align-items: center;
  gap: clamp(14px, 1.7vw, 30px);
  list-style: none; margin: 0; padding: 0;
}
.nav-list > li { position: relative; }
.nav-list a, .nav-sub-btn {
  display: inline-flex; align-items: center; gap: .4em;
  background: none; border: 0; padding: 6px 0;
  font-size: 15px; font-weight: 400;
  color: var(--text-light);
  text-decoration: none;
  cursor: pointer;
  white-space: nowrap;
  transition: color .3s var(--ease);
}
.nav-list > li > a::after, .nav-sub-btn::after {
  content: "";
  position: absolute; left: 0; bottom: 0;
  width: 100%; height: 1px;
  background: var(--bronze);
  transform: scaleX(0); transform-origin: right;
  transition: transform .4s var(--ease);
}
.nav-list > li > a:hover::after, .nav-sub-btn:hover::after,
.nav-list > li > a[aria-current]::after { transform: scaleX(1); transform-origin: left; }
.nav-list a:hover, .nav-sub-btn:hover { color: var(--bronze-light); }

.nav-caret {
  width: 7px; height: 7px;
  border-right: 1px solid currentColor;
  border-bottom: 1px solid currentColor;
  transform: translateY(-2px) rotate(45deg);
  transition: transform .3s var(--ease);
}
.nav-sub-btn[aria-expanded="true"] .nav-caret { transform: translateY(1px) rotate(-135deg); }

.nav-sub {
  position: absolute;
  top: calc(100% + 16px);
  left: -22px;
  min-width: 320px;
  list-style: none; margin: 0;
  padding: 14px 10px;
  background: rgba(14, 17, 19, .95);
  backdrop-filter: blur(14px);
  -webkit-backdrop-filter: blur(14px);
  border: 1px solid var(--ink-3);
  opacity: 0;
  visibility: hidden;
  transform: translateY(-8px);
  transition: opacity .3s var(--ease), transform .3s var(--ease), visibility .3s;
}
.nav-has-sub:hover .nav-sub,
.nav-has-sub:focus-within .nav-sub,
.nav-sub-btn[aria-expanded="true"] + .nav-sub {
  opacity: 1; visibility: visible; transform: none;
}
.nav-sub a {
  display: block; padding: 9px 14px;
  font-size: 15px;
  border-left: 1px solid transparent;
  transition: border-color .3s var(--ease), background-color .3s var(--ease), color .3s var(--ease);
}
.nav-sub a::after { display: none; }
.nav-sub a:hover { border-left-color: var(--bronze); background: rgba(162, 142, 99, .08); }
.nav-sub a[aria-current] { border-left-color: var(--bronze); color: var(--bronze-light); }
.nav-sub .nav-sub-group { margin-top: 8px; padding-top: 8px; border-top: 1px solid var(--ink-3); }
[data-group="about"] .nav-sub { left: auto; right: -22px; }
.nav-has-sub[data-current] > .nav-sub-btn::after { transform: scaleX(1); transform-origin: left; }

.hdr-cta { flex: none; }

.burger {
  display: none;
  flex: none;
  width: 46px; height: 40px;
  margin-left: auto;
  background: none; border: 0;
  cursor: pointer;
  position: relative;
}
.burger span {
  position: absolute; left: 9px; right: 9px; height: 1px;
  background: var(--text-light);
  transition: transform .35s var(--ease), opacity .25s var(--ease);
}
.burger span:nth-child(1) { top: 16px; }
.burger span:nth-child(2) { top: 24px; }
.burger[aria-expanded="true"] span:nth-child(1) { transform: translateY(4px) rotate(21.5deg); }
.burger[aria-expanded="true"] span:nth-child(2) { transform: translateY(-4px) rotate(-21.5deg); }

@media (max-width: 1140px) {
  .nav, .hdr-cta { display: none; }
  .burger { display: block; }
  .brand img { height: 56px; }
  .hdr.is-stuck .brand img { height: 40px; }
}

/* Mobile nav panel */
.mnav {
  position: fixed; inset: 0;
  z-index: 99;
  background: var(--ink);
  background-image: var(--hatch-dark);
  opacity: 0;
  visibility: hidden;
  transition: opacity .45s var(--ease), visibility .45s;
  overflow-y: auto;
}
.mnav.is-open { opacity: 1; visibility: visible; }
.mnav-inner {
  min-height: 100%;
  padding: calc(var(--hdr-h) + 20px) var(--gutter) 48px;
  display: flex; flex-direction: column; justify-content: center;
  gap: 26px;
}
.mnav-list { list-style: none; margin: 0; padding: 0; }
.mnav-list > li { margin-bottom: 14px; }
.mnav-list a {
  font-family: var(--display);
  font-size: clamp(1.6rem, 7vw, 2.4rem);
  line-height: 1.15;
  color: var(--text-light);
  text-decoration: none;
}
.mnav-list a:hover { color: var(--bronze-light); }
.mnav-group { padding-left: 0; }
.mnav-group-title {
  font-family: var(--sans);
  font-weight: 600; font-size: 12px;
  letter-spacing: .14em; text-transform: uppercase;
  color: var(--bronze);
  margin: 22px 0 10px;
}
.mnav-group ul { list-style: none; margin: 0; padding: 0 0 0 16px; border-left: 1px solid var(--ink-3); }
.mnav-group li { margin-bottom: 8px; }
.mnav-group a { font-size: clamp(1.05rem, 4.4vw, 1.3rem); }
.mnav-list > li.mnav-single { margin-top: 26px; }
.mnav-list a[aria-current] { color: var(--bronze-light); }
.mnav-cta { align-self: flex-start; }
.mnav-foot { font-size: 13px; color: var(--text-mute-light); margin: 0; }

/* --------------------------------------------------------------------------
   7. Hero
   -------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
.hero {
  position: relative;
  min-height: 100svh;
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
  justify-content: flex-end;
  padding-top: calc(var(--hdr-h) + 16px);
  padding-bottom: 26px;
  background: var(--ink);
  color: var(--text-light);
  overflow: hidden;
}
.hero-media { position: absolute; inset: 0; overflow: hidden; background: var(--ink-2); }
.hero-video {
  position: absolute; inset: 0;
  width: 100%; height: 100%;
  object-fit: cover;
  will-change: transform;
}
.hero-scrim {
  position: absolute; inset: 0;
  background:
    linear-gradient(to top, var(--ink) 0%, rgba(14, 17, 19, 0) 42%),
    linear-gradient(to right, rgba(14, 17, 19, .85) 0%, rgba(14, 17, 19, .25) 100%);
}
.hero-shutters { position: absolute; inset: 0; }
.hero-shutter {
  --s: calc(100svh * var(--lean-tan));
  --bw: calc((100vw + var(--s)) / 3 + 2px);
  position: absolute; inset: 0;
  display: block;
  background: var(--ink);
  border-left: 1px solid rgba(201, 184, 143, .3);
}
.hero-shutter[data-band="1"] { --l: calc(var(--s) * -1); }
.hero-shutter[data-band="2"] { --l: calc(var(--s) * -1 + var(--bw)); }
.hero-shutter[data-band="3"] { --l: calc(var(--s) * -1 + var(--bw) * 2); }
.hero-shutter {
  clip-path: polygon(
    calc(var(--l) + var(--s)) 0,
    calc(var(--l) + var(--s) + var(--bw)) 0,
    calc(var(--l) + var(--bw)) 100%,
    var(--l) 100%);
}

.hero-body { position: relative; z-index: 2; flex: 1 1 auto; display: flex; align-items: center; }
.hero-copy { width: 100%; }
.hero-copy .h1 { font-size: clamp(2.6rem, min(6vw, 8.4vh), 5.6rem); margin-bottom: .3em; }
.hero-lead {
  font-family: var(--display);
  font-size: clamp(1.25rem, 2vw, 1.6rem);
  line-height: 1.32;
  color: var(--text-light);
  margin-bottom: .55em;
}
.hero-para { color: var(--text-mute-light); max-width: none; margin-bottom: 1.5em; }
.hero-actions { display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 14px; }

.hero-foot {
  position: relative; z-index: 2;
  display: flex; align-items: flex-end; justify-content: space-between; gap: 30px;
  padding-top: 22px;
}
.hero-place { font-size: 14px; color: var(--text-mute-light); max-width: 46ch; margin: 0; }
.hero-scroll { display: flex; flex-direction: column; align-items: center; gap: 12px; }
.hero-scroll-label {
  font-size: 11px; font-weight: 600; letter-spacing: .18em;
  text-transform: uppercase; color: var(--text-mute-light);
}
.hero-scroll-line {
  position: relative; display: block;
  width: 1px; height: 70px;
  background: rgba(201, 184, 143, .28);
  overflow: hidden;
}
.hero-scroll-line i {
  position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0;
  width: 1px; height: 26px;
  background: var(--bronze-light);
  animation: scrollTravel 2.4s var(--ease) infinite;
}
@keyframes scrollTravel {
  0% { transform: translateY(-100%); }
  100% { transform: translateY(280%); }
}
@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) { .hero-scroll-line i { animation: none; } }

@media (max-width: 980px) {
  .hero-copy { width: 100%; }
  .hero-foot { flex-direction: column; align-items: flex-start; }
  .hero-scroll { flex-direction: row; align-items: center; }
  .hero-scroll-line { width: 60px; height: 1px; }
  .hero-scroll-line i { width: 22px; height: 1px; animation-name: scrollTravelX; }
  @keyframes scrollTravelX {
    0% { transform: translateX(-100%); }
    100% { transform: translateX(300%); }
  }
  .hero-scrim {
    background:
      linear-gradient(to top, var(--ink) 0%, rgba(14, 17, 19, .35) 55%),
      linear-gradient(to right, rgba(14, 17, 19, .9) 0%, rgba(14, 17, 19, .6) 100%);
  }
}

/* --------------------------------------------------------------------------
   8. Organisations band
   -------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
.orgs { padding-block: clamp(60px, 6vw, 96px); }
.orgs .h-small { max-width: none; margin-bottom: clamp(34px, 4vw, 58px); }
.marquee { position: relative; display: flex; width: 100%; overflow: hidden; }
.marquee::before, .marquee::after {
  content: ""; position: absolute; top: 0; bottom: 0; width: clamp(40px, 8vw, 130px); z-index: 2;
  pointer-events: none;
}
.marquee::before { left: 0; background: linear-gradient(to right, var(--stone), rgba(228, 225, 219, 0)); }
.marquee::after { right: 0; background: linear-gradient(to left, var(--stone), rgba(228, 225, 219, 0)); }
.marquee-track {
  display: flex; align-items: center; flex: none;
  gap: clamp(38px, 5vw, 82px);
  padding-right: clamp(38px, 5vw, 82px);
  /* The track is transformed, which isolates blending, so it carries the stone
     ground itself and the logos can multiply their white boxes away. */
  background: var(--stone);
}
.marquee-track img {
  height: 42px; width: auto; flex: none;
  mix-blend-mode: multiply;
  filter: grayscale(1);
  opacity: .7;
  transition: filter .4s var(--ease), opacity .4s var(--ease);
}
.marquee-track img[src*="natwest"],
.marquee-track img[src*="aib"],
.marquee-track img[src*="icap"],
.marquee-track img[src*="pleo"] { height: 58px; }
.marquee-track img[src*="icaew"],
.marquee-track img[src*="ocl"] { height: 50px; }
.marquee-track img[src*="serco"] { height: 34px; }
.marquee-track img[src*="deloitte"] { height: 32px; }
.marquee-track img:hover { filter: none; opacity: 1; }

/* No-JS / reduced motion: a wrapped, centred grid instead of a moving track */
.marquee.is-static { flex-wrap: wrap; justify-content: center; }
.marquee.is-static .marquee-track {
  flex-wrap: wrap; justify-content: center;
  row-gap: 34px; padding-right: 0; width: 100%;
}
.marquee.is-static [data-track="b"] { display: none; }
.marquee.is-static::before, .marquee.is-static::after { display: none; }

/* --------------------------------------------------------------------------
   9. The connected picture
   -------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
.connected-grid {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: 45fr 55fr;
  gap: clamp(36px, 5vw, 84px);
  align-items: center;
}
.connected-copy .h2 { margin-bottom: .5em; }
.connected-visual { position: relative; }

.slices {
  position: relative;
  width: 100%;
  aspect-ratio: 4 / 5;
  background: linear-gradient(150deg, var(--bronze-light), var(--bronze-deep));
  overflow: hidden;
}
.slice {
  position: absolute; inset: 0;
  background: var(--ink-2);
  will-change: transform;
}
.slice img { width: 100%; height: 100%; object-fit: cover; }
.slice img.img-missing { opacity: 0; }
.slice[data-slice="1"] { clip-path: polygon(0.4% 0, 50.1% 0, 0.9% 100%, -49.2% 100%); }
.slice[data-slice="2"] { clip-path: polygon(49.3% 0, 99.8% 0, 50.6% 100%, 0.1% 100%); }
.slice[data-slice="3"] { clip-path: polygon(99.0% 0, 149.1% 0, 100% 100%, 49.9% 100%); }
.connected-visual { padding: 0 18px 18px 0; }
.connected-visual::after {
  content: "";
  position: absolute;
  inset: 18px 0 0 18px;
  border: 1px solid rgba(162, 142, 99, .5);
  pointer-events: none;
  z-index: 0;
}
.slices { position: relative; z-index: 1; }

@media (max-width: 900px) {
  .connected-grid { grid-template-columns: 1fr; }
  .connected-visual { padding: 0 14px 14px 0; }
  .connected-visual::after { inset: 14px 0 0 14px; }
}

/* --------------------------------------------------------------------------
   10. Four practices
   -------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
.practices-head {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: 1.1fr .9fr;
  gap: clamp(28px, 4vw, 72px);
  align-items: end;
  margin-bottom: clamp(48px, 6vw, 96px);
}
.practices-head .lead { color: var(--text-mute-dark); }

.practices-grid {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr;
  gap: clamp(36px, 5vw, 88px);
  align-items: stretch;
}
.stage-col { position: relative; }
.stage {
  position: sticky;
  top: calc(var(--hdr-h) + 20px);
  height: calc(100svh - var(--hdr-h) - 56px);
  min-height: 460px;
}
.stage-shots { position: absolute; inset: 0; overflow: hidden; background: var(--ink-2); }
.shot {
  position: absolute; inset: 0;
  margin: 0;
  opacity: 0;
  transition: opacity .7s var(--ease);
}
.shot.is-active { opacity: 1; }
.shot img { width: 100%; height: 100%; object-fit: cover; will-change: transform; }
.shot img.img-missing { opacity: 0; }
.shot figcaption {
  position: absolute; left: 0; right: 0; bottom: 0;
  padding: 90px 28px 26px;
  font-family: var(--display);
  font-style: italic;
  font-size: clamp(1.1rem, 1.6vw, 1.45rem);
  color: var(--text-light);
  background: linear-gradient(to top, rgba(14, 17, 19, .92) 12%, rgba(14, 17, 19, 0) 100%);
}
.stage-frame {
  position: absolute;
  inset: 20px -20px -20px 20px;
  border: 1px solid rgba(110, 94, 62, .55);
  pointer-events: none;
}
.stage-rail {
  position: absolute;
  right: calc(-1 * clamp(30px, 3vw, 46px)); top: 50%;
  transform: translateY(-50%);
  display: flex; flex-direction: column; align-items: center; gap: 10px;
  z-index: 2;
}
.stage-rail i {
  display: block; width: 1px; height: 18px;
  background: rgba(110, 94, 62, .45);
  transition: height .4s var(--ease), background-color .4s var(--ease);
}
.stage-rail i.is-active { height: 44px; background: var(--bronze); }
.stage-col { padding: 0 20px 20px 0; }

.practice-col { display: flex; flex-direction: column; }
.practice {
  min-height: 58vh;
  display: flex; flex-direction: column; justify-content: center;
  align-items: flex-start;
  padding-block: clamp(28px, 4vw, 48px);
  border-top: 1px solid rgba(21, 24, 27, .12);
}
.practice:first-child { border-top: 0; }
.practice .h3 { margin-bottom: .5em; }
.practice .label { margin-top: 1.1em; }
.practice .link-arrow { margin-top: 1.4em; }
.practice-thumb { display: none; }

.practices-cta {
  margin-top: clamp(48px, 6vw, 90px);
  display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; align-items: center; justify-content: space-between;
  gap: 24px;
  padding: clamp(28px, 3.4vw, 48px) clamp(28px, 3.6vw, 56px);
  background: var(--paper);
  background-image: var(--hatch-light);
  border: 1px solid rgba(110, 94, 62, .22);
}
.practices-cta .h3 { max-width: 34ch; }
@media (max-width: 700px) {
  .practices-cta { display: block; }
  .practices-cta .h3 { max-width: none; margin-bottom: 22px; }
}

@media (max-width: 1000px) {
  .practices-head { grid-template-columns: 1fr; align-items: start; }
  .practices-grid { grid-template-columns: 1fr; gap: 0; }
  .stage-col { display: none; }
  .practice {
    min-height: 0;
    border-top: 0;
    padding-block: 0;
    margin-bottom: clamp(44px, 7vw, 72px);
  }
  .practice-thumb {
    display: block;
    position: relative;
    width: 100%;
    aspect-ratio: 4 / 3;
    overflow: hidden;
    background: var(--ink-2);
    margin-bottom: 26px;
    border: 1px solid rgba(110, 94, 62, .25);
  }
  .practice-thumb img { width: 100%; height: 100%; object-fit: cover; }
  .practice-thumb img.img-missing { opacity: 0; }
}

/* --------------------------------------------------------------------------
   11. Experience
   -------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
.experience-grid {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: 55fr 45fr;
  gap: clamp(36px, 5vw, 90px);
  align-items: center;
}
.experience-copy .h2 { margin-bottom: .5em; }

.fig { position: relative; margin: 0; overflow: hidden; }
.fig img { width: 100%; height: auto; will-change: transform; }

.experience-visual { position: relative; padding: 0 18px 18px 0; }
.experience-visual::after {
  content: "";
  position: absolute;
  inset: 18px 0 0 18px;
  border: 1px solid rgba(162, 142, 99, .55);
  pointer-events: none;
  z-index: 0;
}
.fig-stage { position: relative; z-index: 1; background: var(--ink-2); }
.fig-stage > img { clip-path: polygon(16% 0, 100% 0, 100% 100%, 0 100%, 0 8%); }
.fig-plate {
  position: absolute;
  left: -1px; bottom: 16px;
  background: var(--bronze);
  color: #0E1113;
  padding: 12px 20px;
  display: flex; flex-direction: column;
  z-index: 2;
}
.fig-plate-name { font-weight: 600; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: .01em; }
.fig-plate-role {
  font-size: 11px; font-weight: 600; letter-spacing: .14em;
  text-transform: uppercase; color: rgba(14, 17, 19, .72);
}

.facts {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: repeat(4, 1fr);
  margin-top: clamp(56px, 7vw, 104px);
  border: 1px solid var(--ink-3);
  background: rgba(255, 255, 255, .04);
}
.fact {
  padding: clamp(24px, 2.6vw, 40px);
  border-left: 1px solid var(--ink-3);
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
}
.fact:first-child { border-left: 0; }
.fact-fig {
  font-family: var(--display);
  font-size: clamp(1.5rem, 2.3vw, 2.1rem);
  line-height: 1.15;
  color: var(--text-light);
  margin-bottom: .45em;
}
.fact-txt { font-size: 14.5px; line-height: 1.5; color: var(--text-mute-light); margin: auto 0 0; padding-top: 12px; }

@media (max-width: 980px) {
  .experience-grid { grid-template-columns: 1fr; }
  .facts { grid-template-columns: repeat(2, 1fr); }
  .fact:nth-child(odd) { border-left: 0; }
  .fact:nth-child(n + 3) { border-top: 1px solid var(--ink-3); }
}
@media (max-width: 560px) {
  .facts { grid-template-columns: 1fr; }
  .fact { border-left: 0; }
  .fact + .fact { border-top: 1px solid var(--ink-3); }
}

/* --------------------------------------------------------------------------
   12. Who we work with
   -------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
.audience .h2 { margin-bottom: clamp(38px, 4.4vw, 68px); }
.rows { border-top: 1px solid rgba(21, 24, 27, .12); }
.row {
  position: relative;
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: 40% 60%;
  gap: clamp(20px, 3vw, 56px);
  align-items: center;
  padding: clamp(24px, 2.8vw, 40px) clamp(16px, 2vw, 34px);
  border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(21, 24, 27, .12);
  transition: background-color .4s var(--ease);
}
.row::before {
  content: "";
  position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0; bottom: 0;
  width: 2px; background: var(--bronze);
  transform: scaleY(0); transform-origin: bottom;
  transition: transform .45s var(--ease);
}
.row:hover { background: var(--paper); }
.row:hover::before { transform: scaleY(1); transform-origin: top; }
.row p { margin: 0; }

@media (max-width: 760px) {
  .row { grid-template-columns: 1fr; gap: 10px; }
}

/* --------------------------------------------------------------------------
   13. Organisations engage Ahqenza when
   -------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
.engage { overflow: hidden; }
.engage-media { position: absolute; inset: -10% 0; overflow: hidden; }
.engage-video {
  position: absolute; inset: 0;
  width: 100%; height: 100%;
  object-fit: cover;
  opacity: .35;
  will-change: transform;
}
.engage-scrim {
  position: absolute; inset: 0;
  background: linear-gradient(to bottom, var(--ink) 0%, rgba(14, 17, 19, .72) 35%, rgba(14, 17, 19, .78) 65%, var(--ink) 100%);
}
.engage > .container { position: relative; z-index: 1; }
.engage .h2 { margin-bottom: clamp(40px, 4.6vw, 72px); }

.cards {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: repeat(3, 1fr);
  gap: clamp(18px, 2vw, 30px);
}
.card {
  position: relative;
  padding: clamp(28px, 2.6vw, 42px);
  background: rgba(23, 28, 32, .72);
  backdrop-filter: blur(6px);
  -webkit-backdrop-filter: blur(6px);
  border: 1px solid var(--ink-3);
}
.card-rule {
  position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0;
  width: 100%; height: 2px;
  background: var(--bronze-grad);
  transform-origin: left;
}
.card .h3 { margin-bottom: .6em; color: var(--text-light); }
.card p { margin: 0; font-size: 16px; }

@media (max-width: 1000px) { .cards { grid-template-columns: repeat(2, 1fr); } }
@media (max-width: 660px) { .cards { grid-template-columns: 1fr; } }

/* --------------------------------------------------------------------------
   14. How we work
   -------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
.how-grid {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: 58fr 42fr;
  gap: clamp(36px, 5vw, 88px);
  align-items: center;
}
.how-copy .h2 { margin-bottom: .55em; }
.how-visual { position: relative; padding: 18px 0 0 18px; }
.fig-standing { position: relative; z-index: 1; background: var(--ink-2); }
.fig-standing > img { clip-path: polygon(0 0, 100% 0, 100% 84%, 84% 100%, 0 100%); }
.bracket {
  position: absolute;
  left: 0; top: 0;
  width: clamp(60px, 7vw, 104px); height: clamp(60px, 7vw, 104px);
  border-left: 1px solid var(--bronze);
  border-top: 1px solid var(--bronze);
  z-index: 2;
  pointer-events: none;
}

.principles {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: repeat(4, 1fr);
  gap: clamp(16px, 1.8vw, 26px);
  margin-top: clamp(52px, 6vw, 96px);
}
.principle {
  padding: clamp(24px, 2.4vw, 36px);
  background: var(--paper);
  background-image: var(--hatch-light);
  border: 1px solid rgba(110, 94, 62, .2);
}
.principle .h3 { margin-bottom: .45em; }
.principle p { margin: 0; font-size: 15.5px; line-height: 1.52; }

@media (max-width: 980px) {
  .how-grid { grid-template-columns: 1fr; }
  .principles { grid-template-columns: repeat(2, 1fr); }
}
@media (max-width: 560px) { .principles { grid-template-columns: 1fr; } }

/* --------------------------------------------------------------------------
   15. Meet Amna
   -------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
.amna-grid {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: 45fr 55fr;
  gap: clamp(36px, 5vw, 92px);
  align-items: center;
}
.amna-visual { padding: 0 18px 18px 0; }
.fig-boardroom { background: var(--ink-2); }
.fig-boardroom > img { clip-path: polygon(0 0, 82% 0, 100% 14%, 100% 100%, 0 100%); }
.amna-visual { position: relative; }
.amna-visual::after {
  content: "";
  position: absolute;
  inset: 18px 0 0 18px;
  border: 1px solid rgba(162, 142, 99, .5);
  pointer-events: none;
  z-index: 0;
}
.fig-boardroom { position: relative; z-index: 1; }
.amna-copy .h2 { margin-bottom: .35em; }
.amna-lead {
  font-family: var(--display);
  font-size: clamp(1.15rem, 1.7vw, 1.4rem);
  color: var(--bronze-light);
  margin-bottom: 1em;
}
.creds {
  list-style: none;
  margin: 1.8em 0 2em;
  padding: 0;
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr;
  gap: 12px clamp(20px, 2.4vw, 40px);
  border-top: 1px solid var(--ink-3);
  padding-top: 1.6em;
}
.creds li {
  position: relative;
  padding-left: 24px;
  font-size: 15px;
  line-height: 1.45;
  color: var(--text-mute-light);
}
.creds li::before {
  content: "";
  position: absolute;
  left: 4px; top: .3em;
  width: 3px; height: 13px;
  background: var(--bronze-grad);
  transform: skewX(calc(var(--lean) * -1));
}

.pullquote {
  margin: clamp(56px, 7vw, 104px) 0 0;
  padding: clamp(34px, 4vw, 58px) 0;
  border-top: 1px solid rgba(162, 142, 99, .5);
  border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(162, 142, 99, .5);
  text-align: center;
}
.pullquote p {
  font-family: var(--display);
  font-style: italic;
  font-size: clamp(1.2rem, 1.9vw, 1.6rem);
  line-height: 1.45;
  color: var(--text-light);
  margin: 0 auto 1em;
  max-width: 62ch;
}
.pullquote cite {
  font-family: var(--sans);
  font-style: normal;
  font-weight: 600;
  font-size: 13px;
  letter-spacing: .14em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  color: var(--bronze);
}

@media (max-width: 980px) {
  .amna-grid { grid-template-columns: 1fr; }
  .creds { grid-template-columns: 1fr; }
}

/* --------------------------------------------------------------------------
   16. Testimonial carousel
   -------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
.trusted .h2 { margin-bottom: clamp(38px, 4.4vw, 66px); }
.carousel { position: relative; }
.carousel-viewport { overflow: visible; }
.carousel-track {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: repeat(2, 1fr);
  gap: clamp(20px, 2.4vw, 34px);
}
.has-js .carousel-viewport { overflow: hidden; }
.has-js .carousel-track {
  display: flex;
  gap: 0;
  will-change: transform;
}
.has-js .quote { flex: none; }

.quote {
  position: relative;
  background: var(--paper);
  border: 1px solid rgba(21, 24, 27, .13);
  padding: clamp(30px, 3vw, 48px);
  display: flex; flex-direction: column;
}
.quote-glyph {
  font-family: var(--display);
  font-size: 190px;
  line-height: .52;
  height: .28em;
  color: var(--bronze);
  display: block;
  margin-bottom: 2px;
  opacity: .9;
}
.quote-text {
  font-family: var(--display);
  font-size: clamp(1.08rem, 1.35vw, 1.25rem);
  line-height: 1.5;
  color: var(--text-dark);
  flex: 1 1 auto;
  margin-bottom: 1.4em;
}
.quote-who {
  font-weight: 600; font-size: 15px; color: var(--text-dark); margin: 0 0 2px;
}
.quote-practice { font-size: 14px; color: var(--text-mute-dark); margin: 0; }

.carousel-ui {
  display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: space-between;
  gap: 20px;
  margin-top: clamp(26px, 3vw, 42px);
}
.carousel-btns { display: flex; gap: 12px; }
.round {
  width: 52px; height: 52px;
  border-radius: 50%;
  border: 1px solid rgba(110, 94, 62, .5);
  background: transparent;
  display: grid; place-items: center;
  cursor: pointer;
  transition: background-color .3s var(--ease), border-color .3s var(--ease);
}
.round:hover { background: rgba(162, 142, 99, .14); border-color: var(--bronze); }
.round i {
  width: 17px; height: 9px;
  background: var(--bronze-deep);
  clip-path: polygon(0 45%, 70% 45%, 70% 15%, 100% 50%, 70% 85%, 70% 55%, 0 55%);
}
#car-prev i { transform: rotate(180deg); }
.carousel-dots { display: flex; gap: 10px; align-items: center; }
.carousel-dots button {
  width: 26px; height: 2px; padding: 0;
  border: 0; background: rgba(21, 24, 27, .2);
  cursor: pointer;
  transition: background-color .3s var(--ease);
}
.carousel-dots button[aria-selected="true"] { background: var(--bronze); }

/* --------------------------------------------------------------------------
   17. Featured in
   -------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
.press-inner {
  display: flex; align-items: center; flex-wrap: wrap;
  gap: clamp(24px, 3vw, 52px);
}
.press-inner .h-small { flex: none; }
.press-list {
  list-style: none; margin: 0; padding: 0;
  display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; align-items: center;
  gap: clamp(22px, 3vw, 48px);
  flex: 1 1 460px;
}
.press-list img {
  height: 32px; width: auto;
  mix-blend-mode: multiply;
  filter: grayscale(1);
  opacity: .65;
  transition: filter .35s var(--ease), opacity .35s var(--ease);
}
.press-list img[src*="pa-mediapoint"],
.press-list img[src*="hr-magazine"] { height: 44px; }
.press-list img[src*="we-are-the-city"],
.press-list img[src*="london-daily-news"],
.press-list img[src*="medium"] { height: 24px; }
.press-list a:hover img { filter: none; opacity: 1; }

/* --------------------------------------------------------------------------
   18. FAQ
   -------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
.faq-grid {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: 38fr 62fr;
  gap: clamp(36px, 5vw, 88px);
  align-items: stretch;
}
.faq-side-inner { position: sticky; top: calc(var(--hdr-h) + 24px); }
.faq-side .h2 { margin-bottom: clamp(26px, 3vw, 44px); }
.faq-card {
  background: var(--paper);
  border: 1px solid rgba(110, 94, 62, .22);
  padding: clamp(24px, 2.6vw, 38px);
}
.faq-mark { width: 48px; height: auto; margin-bottom: 18px; }
.faq-card p { font-family: var(--display); font-size: 1.15rem; color: var(--text-dark); margin-bottom: 1.1em; }

.faq-list { border-top: 1px solid rgba(21, 24, 27, .14); }
.acc { border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(21, 24, 27, .14); }
.acc h3 { margin: 0; font-family: var(--sans); font-weight: 400; font-size: 1rem; }
.acc-btn {
  width: 100%;
  display: flex; align-items: flex-start; justify-content: space-between;
  gap: 24px;
  padding: clamp(20px, 2.2vw, 30px) 4px;
  background: none; border: 0;
  text-align: left;
  cursor: pointer;
  font-family: var(--display);
  font-size: clamp(1.1rem, 1.5vw, 1.35rem);
  line-height: 1.3;
  color: var(--text-dark);
  transition: color .3s var(--ease);
}
.acc-btn:hover { color: var(--bronze-deep); }
.acc-icon {
  position: relative; flex: none;
  width: 18px; height: 18px; margin-top: .35em;
}
.acc-icon::before, .acc-icon::after {
  content: "";
  position: absolute; left: 0; top: 50%;
  width: 18px; height: 1px;
  background: var(--bronze-deep);
  transition: transform .4s var(--ease);
}
.acc-icon::after { transform: rotate(90deg); }
.acc-btn[aria-expanded="true"] .acc-icon::after { transform: rotate(0deg); }
.acc-panel { overflow: hidden; }
.has-js .acc-panel { height: 0; }
.acc-inner { padding: 0 4px clamp(22px, 2.4vw, 32px); }
.acc-inner p { margin: 0; max-width: 74ch; }

@media (max-width: 900px) {
  .faq-grid { grid-template-columns: 1fr; }
  .faq-side-inner { position: static; }
}

/* --------------------------------------------------------------------------
   19. Contact
   -------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
.contact { overflow: hidden; }
.contact-media { position: absolute; inset: 0; overflow: hidden; }
.contact-video {
  position: absolute; inset: 0;
  width: 100%; height: 100%;
  object-fit: cover;
  opacity: .45;
}
.contact-scrim {
  position: absolute; inset: 0;
  background:
    linear-gradient(to bottom, var(--ink) 0%, rgba(14, 17, 19, .55) 30%, rgba(14, 17, 19, .6) 70%, var(--ink) 100%),
    linear-gradient(to right, rgba(14, 17, 19, .9) 0%, rgba(14, 17, 19, .35) 60%, rgba(14, 17, 19, .6) 100%);
}
.contact-grid {
  position: relative; z-index: 1;
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: 45fr 55fr;
  gap: clamp(36px, 5vw, 88px);
  align-items: start;
}
.contact-copy .h2 { margin-bottom: .5em; }
.contact-list { margin: 2.2em 0 0; display: grid; gap: 20px; }
.contact-list > div {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: 190px 1fr;
  gap: 16px;
  padding-top: 16px;
  border-top: 1px solid var(--ink-3);
  align-items: baseline;
}
.contact-list dt {
  font-weight: 600; font-size: 12px;
  letter-spacing: .14em; text-transform: uppercase;
  color: var(--bronze);
}
.contact-list dd { margin: 0; color: var(--text-light); font-size: 16px; }
.contact-list a { text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(162, 142, 99, .4); transition: border-color .3s var(--ease), color .3s var(--ease); }
.contact-list a:hover { color: var(--bronze-light); border-bottom-color: var(--bronze-light); }

.form {
  position: relative;
  background: rgba(23, 28, 32, .85);
  border: 1px solid var(--ink-3);
  padding: clamp(28px, 3.2vw, 52px);
}
.form::before {
  content: "";
  position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0; right: 0; height: 2px;
  background: var(--bronze-grad);
}
.form .h3 { margin-bottom: .5em; color: var(--text-light); }
.form-intro { font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 2em; }
.form-row { display: grid; grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr; gap: clamp(18px, 2vw, 30px); }
.field { margin-bottom: 26px; display: flex; flex-direction: column; gap: 8px; }
.field label {
  font-size: 12px; font-weight: 600;
  letter-spacing: .12em; text-transform: uppercase;
  color: var(--text-mute-light);
}
.field input, .field textarea {
  font-family: var(--sans);
  font-size: 16px;
  color: var(--text-light);
  background: transparent;
  border: 0;
  border-bottom: 1px solid var(--ink-3);
  padding: 10px 2px;
  transition: border-color .3s var(--ease);
  resize: vertical;
  width: 100%;
}
.field input:focus, .field textarea:focus {
  outline: none;
  border-bottom-color: var(--bronze);
}
.field input:focus-visible, .field textarea:focus-visible { outline: none; }
.hp { position: absolute; left: -9999px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow: hidden; }
.form-submit { margin-top: 8px; }

@media (max-width: 980px) {
  .contact-grid { grid-template-columns: 1fr; }
}
@media (max-width: 620px) {
  .form-row { grid-template-columns: 1fr; }
  .contact-list > div { grid-template-columns: 1fr; gap: 6px; }
}

/* --------------------------------------------------------------------------
   20. Footer
   -------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
.footer {
  background: var(--ink);
  color: var(--text-light);
  border-top: 1px solid var(--ink-3);
  padding-block: clamp(56px, 6vw, 92px) 34px;
}
.footer-top {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: 1.45fr 1.15fr 1fr 1.05fr;
  gap: clamp(28px, 3.4vw, 64px);
  padding-bottom: clamp(40px, 4.4vw, 68px);
  border-bottom: 1px solid var(--ink-3);
}
.footer-brand img { height: 64px; width: auto; margin-bottom: 22px; }
.footer-brand p { font-size: 15px; color: var(--text-mute-light); max-width: 34ch; }
.footer-place { color: var(--text-mute-light); }
.footer-head {
  font-weight: 600; font-size: 13px;
  letter-spacing: .12em; text-transform: uppercase;
  color: var(--bronze);
  margin-bottom: 18px;
}
.footer-col ul { list-style: none; margin: 0; padding: 0; }
.footer-col li { margin-bottom: 11px; font-size: 15px; color: var(--text-mute-light); line-height: 1.45; }
.footer-col a {
  text-decoration: none;
  transition: color .3s var(--ease);
}
.footer-col a:hover { color: var(--bronze-light); }

.footer-bottom {
  display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; align-items: center;
  gap: 12px clamp(18px, 2.4vw, 36px);
  padding-top: 26px;
  font-size: 13px;
  color: var(--text-mute-light);
}
.footer-bottom p { margin: 0; }
.footer-links { list-style: none; display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 12px clamp(14px, 1.6vw, 24px); margin: 0; padding: 0; }
.footer-links a { text-decoration: none; transition: color .3s var(--ease); }
.footer-links a:hover { color: var(--bronze-light); }
.footer-credit { margin-left: auto; }
.footer-credit a { color: var(--bronze); text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(162, 142, 99, .4); }
.footer-credit a:hover { color: var(--bronze-light); }

@media (max-width: 980px) {
  .footer-top { grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr; }
}
@media (max-width: 560px) {
  .footer-top { grid-template-columns: 1fr; }
  .footer-credit { margin-left: 0; }
}

/* --------------------------------------------------------------------------
   21. Reduced motion
   -------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
  * , *::before, *::after {
    animation-duration: .001ms !important;
    animation-iteration-count: 1 !important;
    transition-duration: .001ms !important;
  }
  .hero-shutters { display: none; }
}

/* Lee QA pass 1: quieter testimonial mark, tighter mobile hero */
.quote-glyph { display: none; }
.quote { position: relative; }
.quote::before {
  content: ""; display: block; width: 14px; height: 34px; margin-bottom: 26px;
  background: linear-gradient(160deg, var(--bronze-light), var(--bronze) 55%, var(--bronze-deep));
  transform: skewX(calc(var(--lean) * -1));
}
@media (max-width: 700px) {
  .hero-copy .h1 { margin-bottom: .22em; }
  .hero-lead { font-size: 1.2rem; }
  .hero-para { font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.55; margin-bottom: 1.2em; }
  .hero-foot { gap: 18px; }
}


/* ==========================================================================
   22. Site-wide page components (inner pages, revised homepage)
   ========================================================================== */

/* --- Shared type helpers ------------------------------------------------ */
.h4 {
  font-family: var(--display);
  font-weight: 400;
  font-size: clamp(1.15rem, 1.45vw, 1.34rem);
  line-height: 1.3;
  letter-spacing: -0.005em;
  margin: 0 0 .45em;
  font-optical-sizing: none;
  font-variation-settings: "opsz" 22;
  color: var(--text-dark);
}
.section-ink .h4 { color: var(--text-light); }

p.statement, .statement {
  font-family: var(--display);
  font-size: clamp(1.45rem, 2.4vw, 2.15rem);
  line-height: 1.3;
  letter-spacing: -0.012em;
  font-optical-sizing: none;
  font-variation-settings: "opsz" 24;
  margin-bottom: .8em;
}
p.statement-sm, .statement-sm { font-size: clamp(1.2rem, 1.75vw, 1.52rem); line-height: 1.34; }
.section-ink .statement { color: var(--text-light); }
.section-stone .statement { color: var(--text-dark); }

.section-ink .signoff, .section-stone .signoff, .signoff {
  font-family: var(--display);
  font-style: italic;
  font-size: clamp(1.2rem, 1.7vw, 1.5rem);
  line-height: 1.3;
}
.section-ink .signoff { color: var(--bronze-light); }
.section-stone .signoff { color: var(--bronze-deep); }

.actions { display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 14px; margin-top: 1.9em; }

.split-copy .label, .aud-copy .label, .offers .label { margin-top: 1.9em; margin-bottom: .7em; }

.checks li::before, .questions li::before, .topics li::before, .cred-grid li::before, .disciplines li::before {
  content: "";
  position: absolute;
  width: 3px;
  background: var(--bronze-grad);
  transform: skewX(calc(var(--lean) * -1));
}

/* --- Breadcrumbs ---------------------------------------------------------- */
.crumbs ol {
  list-style: none;
  margin: 0 0 clamp(18px, 2vw, 30px);
  padding: 0;
  display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; align-items: center;
  font-size: 14px;
  color: var(--text-mute-light);
}
.crumbs li + li::before {
  content: "";
  display: inline-block;
  width: 2px; height: 11px;
  margin: 0 12px;
  background: var(--bronze);
  transform: skewX(calc(var(--lean) * -1));
  vertical-align: -1px;
}
.crumbs a { color: inherit; text-decoration: none; transition: color .3s var(--ease); }
.crumbs a:hover { color: var(--bronze-light); }
.crumbs [aria-current] { color: var(--text-light); }

/* --- Figures and compositions -------------------------------------------- */
.comp { position: relative; }
.comp .fig { position: relative; z-index: 1; background: var(--ink-2); }
.comp-frame { padding: 0 18px 18px 0; }
.comp-frame::after {
  content: "";
  position: absolute;
  inset: 18px 0 0 18px;
  border: 1px solid rgba(162, 142, 99, .5);
  pointer-events: none;
  z-index: 0;
}
.section-stone .comp-frame::after { border-color: rgba(110, 94, 62, .45); }
.comp-bracket { padding: 18px 0 0 18px; }
.comp-bracket .bracket { z-index: 2; }
.comp .fig-plate { bottom: 42px; }

.ar-45 { aspect-ratio: 4 / 5; }
.ar-23 { aspect-ratio: 2 / 3; }
.ar-54 { aspect-ratio: 5 / 4; }
.ar-43 { aspect-ratio: 4 / 3; }
.fig.ar-45 > img, .fig.ar-23 > img, .fig.ar-54 > img, .fig.ar-43 > img {
  position: absolute; left: 0; top: -5%;
  width: 100%; height: 110%;
  object-fit: cover;
  object-position: 50% 30%;
}
.cut-tl { clip-path: polygon(15% 0, 100% 0, 100% 100%, 0 100%, 0 8%); }
.cut-tr { clip-path: polygon(0 0, 85% 0, 100% 8%, 100% 100%, 0 100%); }
.cut-br { clip-path: polygon(0 0, 100% 0, 100% 90%, 85% 100%, 0 100%); }

/* --- Split rows ----------------------------------------------------------- */
.split {
  display: grid;
  gap: clamp(36px, 5vw, 92px);
  align-items: center;
}
.split-58 { grid-template-columns: 58fr 42fr; }
.split-42 { grid-template-columns: 42fr 58fr; }
.split-50 { grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr; }
.split-top { align-items: start; }
.split-copy .h2 { margin-bottom: .5em; }

/* --- Page hero ------------------------------------------------------------ */
.phero {
  overflow: hidden;
  padding-top: calc(var(--hdr-h) + clamp(36px, 5vw, 84px));
  padding-bottom: var(--sec-pad);
}
.phero-grid {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: 58fr 42fr;
  gap: clamp(36px, 5vw, 96px);
  align-items: center;
}
.h1.phero-title { font-size: clamp(2.35rem, 4.3vw, 4.1rem); line-height: 1.07; margin: 0 0 .45em; }
.phero .lead { color: var(--text-light); }
.phero p.phero-strong {
  color: var(--text-light);
  border-left: 2px solid var(--bronze);
  padding-left: 18px;
  margin-top: 1.4em;
}
.phero-visual { position: relative; }

.phero--full {
  min-height: min(92svh, 980px);
  display: flex; align-items: flex-end;
}
.phero-bg { position: absolute; inset: 0; overflow: hidden; background: var(--ink-2); }
.phero-bg img { position: absolute; left: 0; top: -5%; width: 100%; height: 110%; object-fit: cover; object-position: 50% 30%; }
.phero-bg::after {
  content: "";
  position: absolute; inset: 0;
  background:
    linear-gradient(to top, var(--ink) 0%, rgba(14, 17, 19, 0) 45%),
    linear-gradient(to right, rgba(14, 17, 19, .92) 0%, rgba(14, 17, 19, .7) 42%, rgba(14, 17, 19, .15) 100%);
}
.phero--full > .container { position: relative; z-index: 1; }
.phero--full .phero-copy { width: 60%; }

.phero--legal { padding-bottom: clamp(64px, 7vw, 110px); }
.phero--legal .h1.phero-title { font-size: clamp(2.8rem, 6vw, 5rem); }
.phero .legal-date { font-size: 14px; color: var(--bronze-light); margin-top: 1.4em; }

.h1.phero-name { font-size: clamp(3rem, 7vw, 6.2rem); margin-bottom: .12em; }
.phero .phero-post {
  font-family: var(--display);
  font-style: italic;
  font-size: clamp(1.2rem, 1.9vw, 1.6rem);
  color: var(--bronze-light);
  margin-bottom: 1.1em;
}
.phero-post span {
  display: block;
  font-family: var(--sans);
  font-style: normal;
  font-size: 15px;
  letter-spacing: .02em;
  color: var(--text-mute-light);
  margin-top: .35em;
}
.section-ink .phero-chairs, .phero-chairs {
  font-family: var(--display);
  font-size: clamp(1.3rem, 2.2vw, 1.9rem);
  line-height: 1.25;
  color: var(--text-light);
  margin-bottom: .9em;
}

.chapters { margin-top: 2.2em; padding-top: 1.4em; border-top: 1px solid var(--ink-3); }
.chapters ol {
  list-style: none; margin: 0; padding: 0;
  display: grid; grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr;
  gap: 0 28px;
  counter-reset: ch;
}
.chapters a {
  display: flex; gap: 12px;
  padding: 8px 0;
  font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.4;
  color: var(--text-mute-light);
  text-decoration: none;
  border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(34, 40, 45, .8);
  transition: color .3s var(--ease);
}
.chapters a::before {
  counter-increment: ch;
  content: counter(ch, decimal-leading-zero);
  flex: none;
  font-size: 12px; font-weight: 600;
  color: var(--bronze);
  padding-top: 2px;
  font-variant-numeric: tabular-nums;
}
.chapters a:hover { color: var(--bronze-light); }

/* --- Section heads -------------------------------------------------------- */
.shead {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: 1.1fr .9fr;
  gap: clamp(24px, 4vw, 72px);
  align-items: end;
  margin-bottom: clamp(44px, 5.5vw, 88px);
}
.shead .lead { margin: 0; }
.section-stone .shead .lead { color: var(--text-mute-dark); }
.shead-mark { width: 54px; height: auto; justify-self: end; }
.practices-head .btn { justify-self: start; }
.practices .practice-hook {
  font-family: var(--display);
  font-size: clamp(1.25rem, 1.9vw, 1.68rem);
  line-height: 1.3;
  color: var(--text-dark);
  margin-bottom: .8em;
  font-optical-sizing: none;
  font-variation-settings: "opsz" 24;
}
.practices .practice-strap { font-weight: 600; color: var(--text-dark); }

/* --- Service lists ("Services may include") ------------------------------ */
.offers {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: 34fr 66fr;
  gap: clamp(36px, 5vw, 90px);
  align-items: start;
}
.offers-sticky { position: sticky; top: calc(var(--hdr-h) + 24px); }
.offers-sticky .h2 { margin-bottom: clamp(26px, 3vw, 44px); }
.offer-list {
  list-style: none; margin: 0; padding: 0;
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr;
  gap: clamp(34px, 3.6vw, 58px) clamp(24px, 3vw, 50px);
}
.offer { position: relative; padding-top: 26px; }
.offer > .card-rule {
  position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0; width: 100%;
  height: 1px;
  transform-origin: left;
  background: linear-gradient(90deg, var(--bronze) 0, var(--bronze) 72px, rgba(110, 94, 62, .28) 72px);
}
.section-ink .offer > .card-rule { background: linear-gradient(90deg, var(--bronze) 0, var(--bronze) 72px, rgba(162, 142, 99, .22) 72px); }
.offer p { font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.58; margin-bottom: .7em; }
.offer-wide { grid-column: 1 / -1; }
.offer-cols { display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(3, 1fr); gap: clamp(18px, 2.4vw, 40px); }
.offer-list-1 { grid-template-columns: 1fr; gap: 28px; margin-top: 2em; }

/* Development themes (Board & Leadership Development) */
.themes { list-style: none; margin: clamp(52px, 6vw, 92px) 0 0; padding: 0; border-top: 1px solid rgba(162, 142, 99, .45); }
.theme {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: 40% 60%;
  gap: clamp(16px, 2.4vw, 40px);
  align-items: baseline;
  padding: clamp(18px, 2vw, 26px) 0;
  border-bottom: 1px solid var(--ink-3);
}
.theme-title {
  font-family: var(--display);
  font-style: italic;
  font-weight: 400;
  font-size: clamp(1.18rem, 1.65vw, 1.45rem);
  line-height: 1.25;
  color: var(--bronze-light);
  margin: 0;
}
.theme p { margin: 0; font-size: 16px; }

/* Chips (buyers, formats, related services) */
.chips { list-style: none; margin: 1.4em 0 0; padding: 0; display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 10px; }
.chips li {
  padding: 10px 18px;
  border: 1px solid rgba(110, 94, 62, .35);
  border-radius: 999px;
  font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.3;
  color: var(--text-dark);
  background: rgba(243, 241, 236, .7);
}
.section-ink .chips li, .chips-dark li {
  border-color: rgba(201, 184, 143, .28);
  color: var(--text-light);
  background: rgba(255, 255, 255, .03);
}
.chips.chips-links li { padding: 0; }
.chips-links a {
  display: block; padding: 10px 18px;
  text-decoration: none;
  border-radius: 999px;
  transition: background-color .3s var(--ease), color .3s var(--ease);
}
.chips-links a:hover { background: var(--bronze); color: #0E1113; }

/* Check lists */
.checks { list-style: none; margin: .6em 0 1.4em; padding: 0; display: grid; gap: 12px; }
.checks-2 { grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr; gap: 14px clamp(20px, 2.6vw, 44px); }
.checks li {
  position: relative;
  padding-left: 24px;
  font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5;
  color: var(--text-mute-dark);
}
.section-ink .checks li { color: var(--text-mute-light); }
.checks li::before { left: 4px; top: .32em; height: 13px; }
.checks-lg { gap: 0; border-top: 1px solid var(--ink-3); margin-top: 1.4em; }
.checks-lg li { font-size: 17px; padding-block: 14px; border-bottom: 1px solid var(--ink-3); }
.checks-lg li::before { top: calc(14px + .32em); }
.section-ink .checks-lg li { color: var(--text-light); }

.stack-lines { list-style: none; margin: 1.1em 0 1.5em; padding: 0; border-left: 1px solid rgba(162, 142, 99, .55); }
.stack-lines li {
  font-family: var(--display);
  font-size: clamp(1.08rem, 1.45vw, 1.28rem);
  line-height: 1.42;
  padding: 0 0 .75em 22px;
  color: var(--text-light);
}
.stack-lines li:last-child { padding-bottom: 0; }
.section-stone .stack-lines li { color: var(--text-dark); }

.mini-lines { list-style: none; margin: .2em 0 1.2em; padding: 2px 0 2px 18px; border-left: 1px solid var(--bronze); }
.mini-lines li { font-family: var(--display); font-size: 1.12rem; line-height: 1.5; color: var(--text-dark); }

.cascade { list-style: none; margin: .4em 0 1.5em; padding: 0; }
.cascade li {
  font-family: var(--display);
  font-size: clamp(1.12rem, 1.6vw, 1.42rem);
  line-height: 1.35;
  color: var(--text-dark);
  padding: .42em 0;
  border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(21, 24, 27, .1);
}
.cascade li:nth-child(2) { padding-left: 1.4em; }
.cascade li:nth-child(3) { padding-left: 2.8em; }
.cascade li:nth-child(4) { padding-left: 4.2em; }
.cascade li:nth-child(5) { padding-left: 5.6em; }
.cascade-dark li { color: var(--text-light); border-bottom-color: var(--ink-3); }

.questions { list-style: none; margin: 1.1em 0 1.5em; padding: 0; display: grid; gap: 8px; }
.questions li {
  position: relative;
  padding-left: 26px;
  font-family: var(--display);
  font-style: italic;
  font-size: clamp(1.18rem, 1.8vw, 1.55rem);
  line-height: 1.32;
  color: var(--text-light);
}
.questions li::before { left: 5px; top: .28em; height: .85em; }

.topics { list-style: none; margin: .4em 0 0; padding: 0; border-top: 1px solid var(--ink-3); }
.topics li {
  position: relative;
  padding: 14px 0 14px 28px;
  border-bottom: 1px solid var(--ink-3);
  font-family: var(--display);
  font-size: clamp(1.08rem, 1.45vw, 1.28rem);
  line-height: 1.35;
  color: var(--text-light);
}
.topics li::before { left: 5px; top: calc(14px + .3em); height: 14px; }

/* --- Quotes --------------------------------------------------------------- */
.quotes { display: grid; gap: clamp(18px, 2vw, 30px); }
.quotes-3 { grid-template-columns: repeat(3, 1fr); }
.quotes-2 { grid-template-columns: repeat(2, 1fr); }
.gquote, .pquote {
  position: relative;
  margin: 0;
  padding: clamp(30px, 3vw, 48px);
  display: flex; flex-direction: column;
}
.gquote {
  background: rgba(23, 28, 32, .74);
  backdrop-filter: blur(6px);
  -webkit-backdrop-filter: blur(6px);
  border: 1px solid var(--ink-3);
}
.gquote::after, .pquote::after {
  content: "";
  display: block;
  order: -1;
  width: 12px; height: 30px;
  margin: 0 0 24px 6px;
  background: var(--bronze-grad);
  transform: skewX(calc(var(--lean) * -1));
}
.gquote blockquote, .pquote blockquote { margin: 0 0 1.6em; flex: 1 1 auto; }
.gquote blockquote p, .pquote blockquote p {
  font-family: var(--display);
  font-size: clamp(1.1rem, 1.35vw, 1.26rem);
  line-height: 1.52;
  color: var(--text-light);
  margin: 0;
}
.gquote-lg blockquote p { font-size: clamp(1.18rem, 1.65vw, 1.5rem); line-height: 1.46; }
.gquote figcaption, .pquote figcaption { display: flex; flex-direction: column; gap: 2px; }
.gquote-who { font-weight: 600; font-size: 15px; color: var(--text-light); }
.gquote-org { font-size: 14px; color: var(--text-mute-light); }
.pquote { background: var(--ink); color: var(--text-light); }
.pquote::before {
  content: ""; position: absolute; left: 0; right: 0; top: 0; height: 2px; background: var(--bronze-grad);
}

/* --- Photo bands ---------------------------------------------------------- */
.band, .finale { overflow: hidden; padding-block: calc(var(--sec-pad) * 1.1); }
.band.edge-top, .finale.edge-top { padding-top: calc(var(--sec-pad) * 1.1 + var(--edge)); }
.band-media {
  position: absolute;
  top: 0; bottom: 0; left: 0; right: 44%;
  overflow: hidden;
  background: var(--ink-2);
  z-index: 0;
}
.band-media img { position: absolute; left: 0; top: -6%; width: 100%; height: 112%; object-fit: cover; object-position: 50% 35%; }
.band-media::after {
  content: "";
  position: absolute; inset: 0;
  background:
    linear-gradient(to left, var(--ink) 0%, rgba(14, 17, 19, .35) 38%, rgba(14, 17, 19, .1) 100%),
    linear-gradient(to bottom, var(--ink) 0%, rgba(14, 17, 19, 0) 22%, rgba(14, 17, 19, 0) 78%, var(--ink) 100%);
}
.band-media-right { left: 50%; right: 0; }
.band-media-right::after {
  background:
    linear-gradient(to right, var(--ink) 0%, rgba(14, 17, 19, .35) 38%, rgba(14, 17, 19, .1) 100%),
    linear-gradient(to bottom, var(--ink) 0%, rgba(14, 17, 19, 0) 22%, rgba(14, 17, 19, 0) 78%, var(--ink) 100%);
}
.band-media-soft { left: 0; right: 0; background: var(--ink); }
.band-media-soft img { opacity: .3; }
.band-media-soft::after { background: linear-gradient(to bottom, var(--ink) 0%, rgba(14, 17, 19, .55) 28%, rgba(14, 17, 19, .55) 72%, var(--ink) 100%); }
.band > .container, .finale > .container, .approach > .container { position: relative; z-index: 1; }
.approach { overflow: hidden; }
.band-copy { width: 54%; margin-left: auto; }
.finale .band-copy { width: 52%; margin-left: 0; }
.band-copy .h2 { margin-bottom: .45em; }
.section-ink .band-hook {
  font-family: var(--display);
  font-style: italic;
  font-size: clamp(1.3rem, 2.1vw, 1.85rem);
  line-height: 1.3;
  color: var(--bronze-light);
}
.band-copy > .btn { margin-top: 1.2em; }

/* --- Homepage additions ----------------------------------------------------- */
.intro { padding-top: clamp(48px, 5vw, 80px); }
.intro .statement { color: var(--text-light); }

.credential {
  margin-top: clamp(48px, 5vw, 84px);
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: auto 1fr auto;
  gap: clamp(22px, 3vw, 56px);
  align-items: center;
  padding: clamp(22px, 2.4vw, 34px) clamp(24px, 3vw, 44px);
  background: var(--paper);
  border: 1px solid rgba(110, 94, 62, .22);
}
.credential-mark { background: #fff; padding: 16px 22px; line-height: 0; }
.credential-mark img { width: clamp(170px, 15vw, 220px); height: auto; }
.credential .h3 { margin-bottom: .25em; }
.credential p { margin: 0; font-size: 16px; }

.tiles { list-style: none; margin: 0; padding: 0; display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(3, 1fr); gap: clamp(16px, 1.8vw, 26px); }
.tile {
  position: relative;
  min-height: 200px;
  padding: clamp(26px, 2.6vw, 40px);
  display: flex; flex-direction: column; justify-content: space-between; gap: 28px;
  background: var(--paper);
  border: 1px solid rgba(110, 94, 62, .2);
  overflow: hidden;
}
.tile-num { font-family: var(--display); font-size: 1.05rem; color: var(--bronze-deep); letter-spacing: .04em; }
.tile p {
  font-family: var(--display);
  font-size: clamp(1.2rem, 1.6vw, 1.45rem);
  line-height: 1.32;
  color: var(--text-dark);
  margin: 0;
}

.cta-card {
  position: relative;
  margin-top: clamp(40px, 5vw, 80px);
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr;
  gap: clamp(24px, 4vw, 72px);
  align-items: center;
  padding: clamp(30px, 3.8vw, 60px);
  background: var(--ink);
  background-image: var(--hatch-dark);
  overflow: hidden;
}
.cta-card::before { content: ""; position: absolute; left: 0; right: 0; top: 0; height: 2px; background: var(--bronze-grad); }
.cta-card p { color: var(--text-mute-light); }
.cta-card .cta-card-big {
  font-family: var(--display);
  font-size: clamp(1.6rem, 2.8vw, 2.5rem);
  line-height: 1.15;
  letter-spacing: -0.015em;
  color: var(--text-light);
  margin-bottom: .3em;
}
.cta-card .cta-card-sub { font-family: var(--display); font-style: italic; font-size: clamp(1.15rem, 1.6vw, 1.4rem); color: var(--bronze-light); margin: 0; }
.cta-card .btn { margin-top: .6em; }
.cta-card .btn-ghost { color: var(--bronze-light); }

/* Homepage sections re-grounded for the new running order */
.amna.section-stone .amna-lead { color: var(--bronze-deep); }
.amna.section-stone .amna-visual::after { border-color: rgba(110, 94, 62, .45); }
.amna.section-stone .lead { color: var(--text-dark); }

.faq.section-ink .faq-list, .faq.section-ink .acc { border-color: var(--ink-3); }
.faq.section-ink .acc-btn { color: var(--text-light); }
.faq.section-ink .acc-btn:hover { color: var(--bronze-light); }
.faq.section-ink .acc-icon::before, .faq.section-ink .acc-icon::after { background: var(--bronze); }
.faq.section-ink .faq-card { background: rgba(23, 28, 32, .85); border-color: var(--ink-3); }
.faq.section-ink .faq-card p { color: var(--text-light); }

.contact.section-stone .contact-list > div { border-top-color: rgba(21, 24, 27, .14); }
.contact.section-stone .contact-list dt { color: var(--bronze-deep); }
.contact.section-stone .contact-list dd { color: var(--text-dark); }
.contact.section-stone .contact-list a:hover { color: var(--bronze-deep); border-bottom-color: var(--bronze-deep); }
.contact.section-stone .form { background: var(--ink); }
.contact-page { padding-top: calc(var(--hdr-h) + clamp(36px, 5vw, 84px)); min-height: 100svh; }
.contact-page .contact-grid { align-items: center; }

/* Form additions */
.form p { color: var(--text-mute-light); }
.form .form-title {
  font-family: var(--display);
  font-size: clamp(1.35rem, 2vw, 1.7rem);
  line-height: 1.25;
  color: var(--text-light);
  margin-bottom: 1.3em;
}
.select { position: relative; }
.select::after {
  content: "";
  position: absolute; right: 6px; top: 50%;
  width: 7px; height: 7px;
  border-right: 1px solid var(--bronze-light);
  border-bottom: 1px solid var(--bronze-light);
  transform: translateY(-70%) rotate(45deg);
  pointer-events: none;
}
.field select {
  -webkit-appearance: none; appearance: none;
  width: 100%;
  font-family: var(--sans); font-size: 16px;
  color: var(--text-light);
  background: transparent;
  border: 0; border-bottom: 1px solid var(--ink-3);
  border-radius: 0;
  padding: 10px 28px 10px 2px;
  cursor: pointer;
  transition: border-color .3s var(--ease);
}
.field select:focus { outline: none; border-bottom-color: var(--bronze); }
.field select option { color: #15181B; background: #fff; }
.form-foot { display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; align-items: center; gap: 16px 28px; margin-top: 8px; }
.form-foot .form-submit { margin-top: 0; }
.form .form-notes p { font-size: 14px; margin: 0; line-height: 1.5; }
.form .form-privacy { font-size: 13px; margin: 22px 0 0; padding-top: 18px; border-top: 1px solid var(--ink-3); }
.form-privacy a { color: var(--bronze-light); }

/* --- Services overview routes ------------------------------------------- */
.routes { display: grid; grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr; gap: clamp(22px, 2.6vw, 42px); }
.route {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: 38% 62%;
  background: var(--paper);
  border: 1px solid rgba(110, 94, 62, .22);
  transition: border-color .4s var(--ease);
}
.route:hover { border-color: rgba(110, 94, 62, .55); }
.route-media { display: block; position: relative; overflow: hidden; background: var(--ink-2); min-height: 260px; }
.route-media .fig { position: absolute; inset: 0; }
.route-media img { width: 100%; height: 100%; object-fit: cover; object-position: 50% 25%; transition: transform 1.2s var(--ease); }
.route:hover .route-media img { transform: scale(1.04); }
.route-body { padding: clamp(24px, 2.6vw, 40px); display: flex; flex-direction: column; align-items: flex-start; }
.route .h3 { margin-bottom: .4em; }
.route .h3 a { text-decoration: none; transition: color .3s var(--ease); }
.route .h3 a:hover { color: var(--bronze-deep); }
.route .route-hook { font-family: var(--display); font-style: italic; font-size: 1.14rem; line-height: 1.38; color: var(--text-dark); }
.route p { font-size: 16px; }
.route .route-note { font-size: 14.5px; border-left: 2px solid var(--bronze); padding-left: 12px; }
.route .link-arrow { margin-top: auto; }

/* --- Investigations: CALM framework --------------------------------------- */
.calm { overflow: hidden; }
.calm-head {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr;
  gap: 18px clamp(28px, 4vw, 80px);
  align-items: end;
  margin-bottom: clamp(56px, 6vw, 104px);
}
.calm-head .h2 { grid-column: 1; margin: 0; }
.calm-head .calm-hook {
  grid-column: 1;
  font-family: var(--display);
  font-style: italic;
  font-size: clamp(1.3rem, 2.1vw, 1.9rem);
  line-height: 1.3;
  color: var(--bronze-light);
  margin: 0;
}
.calm-intro { grid-column: 2; grid-row: 1 / span 2; }
.calm-grid { list-style: none; margin: 0; padding: 0; display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(4, 1fr); }
.calm-col { position: relative; padding: 0 clamp(18px, 2vw, 34px); }
.calm-col:first-child { padding-left: 0; }
.calm-col:last-child { padding-right: 0; }
.calm-col + .calm-col { border-left: 1px solid var(--ink-3); }
.calm-letter {
  display: block;
  font-family: var(--display);
  font-weight: 400;
  font-size: clamp(6.4rem, 11.5vw, 11rem);
  line-height: .9;
  padding: .04em 0 .06em;
  margin-bottom: 26px;
  border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(162, 142, 99, .6);
  font-optical-sizing: none;
  font-variation-settings: "opsz" 40;
  color: transparent;
  -webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(201, 184, 143, .75);
  background-image: linear-gradient(to top, #6E5E3E 0%, #A28E63 45%, #C9B88F 100%);
  background-repeat: no-repeat;
  background-position: 0 100%;
  background-size: 100% var(--fill, 100%);
  -webkit-background-clip: text;
  background-clip: text;
}
.calm-title {
  font-family: var(--display);
  font-weight: 400;
  font-size: clamp(1.3rem, 1.8vw, 1.6rem);
  line-height: 1.2;
  color: var(--text-light);
  margin: 0 0 .35em;
}
.section-ink .calm-sub {
  font-family: var(--display);
  font-style: italic;
  font-size: 1.1rem;
  line-height: 1.35;
  color: var(--bronze-light);
  margin-bottom: 1em;
}
.calm-col p { font-size: 15.5px; line-height: 1.58; }
.calm-close {
  margin-top: clamp(56px, 6vw, 100px);
  padding: clamp(32px, 4vw, 58px) 0;
  border-top: 1px solid rgba(162, 142, 99, .5);
  border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(162, 142, 99, .5);
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr;
  gap: 14px clamp(28px, 4vw, 80px);
  align-items: center;
}
.calm-close .calm-close-big {
  grid-row: span 2;
  font-family: var(--display);
  font-size: clamp(1.8rem, 3.2vw, 2.9rem);
  line-height: 1.12;
  letter-spacing: -0.015em;
  color: var(--text-light);
  margin: 0;
}
.calm-close .calm-close-seq { font-family: var(--display); font-style: italic; font-size: clamp(1.1rem, 1.5vw, 1.3rem); color: var(--bronze-light); margin: 0; }
.calm-close p { margin: 0; }

.calm-mini {
  position: absolute; left: 22px; bottom: 16px; z-index: 2;
  display: flex; gap: .16em;
  margin: 0;
  font-family: var(--display);
  font-size: clamp(2.4rem, 3.6vw, 3.4rem);
  line-height: 1;
  color: transparent;
  -webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(201, 184, 143, .9);
}

.disciplines {
  list-style: none; margin: 0; padding: 0;
  display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(4, 1fr);
  border-top: 1px solid var(--ink-3); border-left: 1px solid var(--ink-3);
}
.disciplines li {
  position: relative;
  min-height: 150px;
  padding: clamp(24px, 2.4vw, 36px);
  display: flex; align-items: flex-end;
  font-family: var(--display);
  font-size: clamp(1.15rem, 1.5vw, 1.36rem);
  line-height: 1.28;
  color: var(--text-light);
  background: rgba(14, 17, 19, .6);
  border-right: 1px solid var(--ink-3);
  border-bottom: 1px solid var(--ink-3);
}
.disciplines li::before { left: clamp(26px, 2.6vw, 38px); top: clamp(24px, 2.4vw, 36px); height: 22px; }
.section-ink p.approach-close { margin-top: clamp(40px, 5vw, 72px); color: var(--text-light); }

/* --- Board & Leadership Development ------------------------------------- */
.ia-grid {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: 1.05fr .95fr;
  gap: clamp(36px, 5vw, 92px);
  align-items: start;
}
.ia-logo {
  display: inline-block;
  line-height: 0;
  background: #fff;
  padding: clamp(20px, 2vw, 30px) clamp(24px, 2.6vw, 38px);
  margin-bottom: clamp(28px, 3vw, 46px);
  border: 1px solid rgba(110, 94, 62, .18);
  box-shadow: 0 24px 50px -34px rgba(14, 17, 19, .45);
}
.ia-logo img { width: clamp(220px, 21vw, 310px); height: auto; }
.ia-main .h2 { margin-bottom: .5em; }
.ia-card, .cta-panel {
  position: relative;
  background: var(--ink);
  background-image: var(--hatch-dark);
  padding: clamp(30px, 3.4vw, 54px);
}
.ia-card > .card-rule, .cta-panel > .card-rule, .spec-card > .card-rule, .tile > .card-rule, .samaritans > .card-rule, .gquote > .card-rule, .cred-grid li > .card-rule {
  position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0; width: 100%; height: 2px;
  background: var(--bronze-grad);
  transform-origin: left;
}
.ia-card .h3 { color: var(--text-light); margin-bottom: .6em; }
.ia-card p { color: var(--text-mute-light); }
.ia-card .ia-card-lead { color: var(--text-light); }
.ia-card .checks li { color: var(--text-mute-light); }
.ia-card .btn { margin-top: .6em; }
.cta-panel p { color: var(--text-mute-light); }
.cta-panel .cta-panel-big {
  font-family: var(--display);
  font-size: clamp(1.7rem, 3vw, 2.6rem);
  line-height: 1.12;
  color: var(--text-light);
  margin-bottom: .45em;
}
.cta-panel .btn { margin-top: .8em; }

.spec-grid { display: grid; grid-template-columns: 1.75fr 1fr; gap: clamp(18px, 2.2vw, 34px); align-items: stretch; }
.spec-card {
  position: relative;
  background: var(--paper);
  border: 1px solid rgba(110, 94, 62, .22);
  padding: clamp(28px, 3vw, 48px);
  overflow: hidden;
}
.spec-card .h3 { margin-bottom: .55em; }
.spec-card p { font-size: 16px; }
.spec-feature { display: grid; grid-template-columns: 1.35fr 1fr; padding: 0; }
.spec-feature-body { padding: clamp(28px, 3vw, 48px); display: flex; flex-direction: column; align-items: flex-start; }
.spec-feature .btn { margin-top: .8em; }
.spec-card .spec-lead { color: var(--text-dark); font-weight: 500; }
.spec-feature-media { position: relative; background: var(--ink); min-height: 320px; }
.spec-feature-media .fig { position: absolute; inset: 0; }
.spec-feature-media img { width: 100%; height: 100%; object-fit: cover; opacity: .72; }
.spec-feature-media::after { content: ""; position: absolute; inset: 0; background: linear-gradient(to top, rgba(14, 17, 19, .85), rgba(14, 17, 19, 0) 55%); z-index: 1; }

.fig-inline { margin-top: 2em; aspect-ratio: 16 / 10; background: var(--ink-2); }
.fig-inline img { position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; object-fit: cover; object-position: 50% 22%; }

.closing-links { font-size: 14.5px; margin-top: 1.8em; }
.closing-links a { color: var(--bronze-deep); text-underline-offset: 3px; }
.section-stone p.closing-note { font-size: 14px; margin-top: 1.2em; color: var(--text-dark); }

/* --- Who we work with --------------------------------------------------- */
.aud-grid {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: 38fr 62fr;
  gap: clamp(36px, 5vw, 96px);
  align-items: start;
}
.aud-rev .aud-visual { order: 2; }
.aud-sticky { position: sticky; top: calc(var(--hdr-h) + 28px); }
.aud-copy .h2 { font-size: clamp(1.9rem, 3.2vw, 3rem); margin-bottom: .3em; }
.aud-copy .aud-hook {
  font-family: var(--display);
  font-style: italic;
  font-size: clamp(1.25rem, 2vw, 1.72rem);
  line-height: 1.3;
  color: var(--bronze-deep);
  margin-bottom: 1.2em;
}
.section-ink .aud-copy .aud-hook { color: var(--bronze-light); }
.aud-note {
  margin: 1.8em 0;
  padding: clamp(22px, 2.4vw, 34px);
  border-left: 2px solid var(--bronze);
  background: rgba(243, 241, 236, .75);
}
.section-ink .aud-note { background: rgba(255, 255, 255, .04); }
.aud-note a { color: var(--bronze-deep); }
.section-ink .aud-note a { color: var(--bronze-light); }
.section-stone strong { color: var(--text-dark); font-weight: 600; }
.section-ink strong { color: var(--text-light); font-weight: 600; }

/* --- Amna Zaidi ------------------------------------------------------------ */
.bank-logos { display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; align-items: center; gap: 18px 36px; margin-top: 2em; padding-top: 1.6em; border-top: 1px solid rgba(21, 24, 27, .12); }
.bank-logos img { height: 40px; width: auto; mix-blend-mode: multiply; filter: grayscale(1); opacity: .72; }
.bank-logos img[src*="natwest"], .bank-logos img[src*="aib"] { height: 52px; }

.env {
  margin-top: clamp(56px, 6vw, 100px);
  padding-top: clamp(30px, 3vw, 46px);
  border-top: 1px solid rgba(21, 24, 27, .14);
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: 1fr 2fr;
  gap: clamp(24px, 3vw, 60px);
  align-items: start;
}
.env .env-intro { font-family: var(--display); font-size: clamp(1.35rem, 2.2vw, 2rem); line-height: 1.22; color: var(--text-dark); margin: 0; }
.env-list { list-style: none; margin: 0; padding: 0; display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(3, 1fr); gap: 12px; }
.env-list li {
  background: var(--paper);
  border: 1px solid rgba(110, 94, 62, .2);
  padding: 18px 20px;
  font-family: var(--display);
  font-size: 1.14rem; line-height: 1.3;
  color: var(--text-dark);
}
.env-list li:last-child { grid-column: 1 / -1; font-style: italic; }

.judgement {
  position: relative;
  margin-top: clamp(28px, 3vw, 44px);
  padding: clamp(32px, 4vw, 64px);
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: 1fr 1.35fr;
  gap: clamp(28px, 4vw, 76px);
  background: var(--ink);
  background-image: var(--hatch-dark);
  overflow: hidden;
}
.judgement::before { content: ""; position: absolute; left: 0; right: 0; top: 0; height: 2px; background: var(--bronze-grad); }
.judgement .judgement-lead p { color: var(--text-mute-light); margin-bottom: .45em; font-size: 17px; }
.judgement .judgement-lead .judgement-word {
  font-family: var(--display);
  font-style: italic;
  font-size: clamp(3rem, 6vw, 5.4rem);
  line-height: 1.05;
  color: var(--bronze-light);
  margin-top: .25em;
}
.judgement-qs { list-style: none; margin: 0; padding: 0; border-top: 1px solid var(--ink-3); }
.judgement-qs li {
  font-family: var(--display);
  font-size: clamp(1.08rem, 1.45vw, 1.28rem);
  line-height: 1.38;
  color: var(--text-light);
  padding: 13px 0;
  border-bottom: 1px solid var(--ink-3);
}
.judgement .judgement-close { grid-column: 1 / -1; font-family: var(--display); font-size: clamp(1.15rem, 1.6vw, 1.4rem); color: var(--bronze-light); margin: 0; }

.taught { margin-top: clamp(64px, 7vw, 116px); }
.taught-rows { list-style: none; margin: 1.2em 0 0; padding: 0; border-top: 1px solid rgba(162, 142, 99, .45); }
.taught-rows li {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: 40% 60%;
  gap: clamp(12px, 2vw, 32px);
  align-items: baseline;
  padding: clamp(16px, 1.9vw, 26px) 0;
  border-bottom: 1px solid var(--ink-3);
}
.taught-term {
  font-family: var(--display);
  font-size: clamp(1.45rem, 2.4vw, 2.2rem);
  line-height: 1.12;
  letter-spacing: -0.012em;
  color: var(--text-light);
}
.taught-what { font-size: clamp(1.02rem, 1.3vw, 1.18rem); line-height: 1.5; color: var(--text-mute-light); }
.founded-close { margin-top: clamp(64px, 7vw, 116px); }
.principle-quote {
  position: relative;
  margin: 0;
  padding: clamp(30px, 3.6vw, 56px);
  border: 1px solid rgba(162, 142, 99, .45);
  background: rgba(23, 28, 32, .7);
}
.principle-quote .principle-quote-intro { font-size: 15px; color: var(--text-mute-light); margin-bottom: 1em; }
.principle-quote .principle-quote-big {
  font-family: var(--display);
  font-size: clamp(1.7rem, 3vw, 2.6rem);
  line-height: 1.14;
  letter-spacing: -0.015em;
  color: var(--text-light);
  margin-bottom: .55em;
}
.principle-quote .principle-quote-sub { font-family: var(--display); font-style: italic; font-size: clamp(1.1rem, 1.6vw, 1.35rem); color: var(--bronze-light); margin: 0; }

.chairs-index { list-style: none; margin: 0; padding: 0; display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 10px; justify-self: end; }
.chairs-index a {
  display: block;
  padding: 10px 18px;
  border: 1px solid rgba(110, 94, 62, .38);
  border-radius: 999px;
  font-size: 15px;
  text-decoration: none;
  color: var(--text-dark);
  transition: background-color .3s var(--ease), color .3s var(--ease);
}
.chairs-index a:hover { background: var(--bronze); color: #0E1113; }
.chairs-close {
  margin-top: clamp(56px, 6vw, 96px);
  padding: clamp(32px, 4vw, 60px);
  background: var(--paper);
  border: 1px solid rgba(110, 94, 62, .22);
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: 1fr 1.6fr;
  gap: 12px clamp(24px, 4vw, 70px);
  align-items: center;
}
.chairs-close .chairs-close-intro { font-family: var(--display); font-size: clamp(1.35rem, 2.2vw, 1.95rem); line-height: 1.22; color: var(--text-dark); margin: 0; }
.chairs-sees { list-style: none; margin: 0; padding: 0; grid-column: 2; grid-row: 1 / span 2; }
.chairs-sees li { padding: 13px 0; border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(21, 24, 27, .1); font-size: 1.04rem; color: var(--text-mute-dark); }
.chairs-sees li:last-child { border-bottom: 0; }
.chairs-sees span { font-family: var(--display); font-size: 1.22rem; color: var(--text-dark); }
.chairs-close .signoff { grid-column: 1; margin: 0; }

.samaritans { position: relative; background: var(--paper); padding: clamp(30px, 3.4vw, 54px); }
.samaritans .h3 { color: var(--text-dark); margin-bottom: .2em; }
.samaritans p { color: var(--text-mute-dark); }
.samaritans .samaritans-hook { font-family: var(--display); font-style: italic; font-size: clamp(1.15rem, 1.6vw, 1.38rem); color: var(--bronze-deep); margin-bottom: 1.1em; }

.book .asks { display: grid; grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr; gap: 14px; margin: 1.6em 0 1.8em; }
.ask { position: relative; background: var(--ink); padding: clamp(20px, 2.2vw, 30px); }
.ask::before { content: ""; position: absolute; left: 0; right: 0; top: 0; height: 2px; background: var(--bronze-grad); }
.ask .ask-who { font-weight: 600; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: .14em; text-transform: uppercase; color: var(--bronze); margin-bottom: .7em; }
.ask .ask-q { font-family: var(--display); font-size: clamp(1.12rem, 1.5vw, 1.34rem); line-height: 1.32; color: var(--text-light); margin: 0; }
.book-media { display: grid; gap: clamp(26px, 3vw, 44px); }
.book-sub { font-family: var(--display); font-weight: 400; font-size: clamp(1.25rem, 1.8vw, 1.55rem); line-height: 1.25; color: var(--text-dark); margin: 0 0 16px; }
.trailer-frame { position: relative; padding: 0 16px 16px 0; }
.trailer-frame::after { content: ""; position: absolute; inset: 16px 0 0 16px; border: 1px solid rgba(110, 94, 62, .45); z-index: 0; pointer-events: none; }
.trailer-frame video { position: relative; z-index: 1; width: 100%; height: auto; aspect-ratio: 16 / 9; background: var(--ink); }
.buy {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: minmax(140px, 36%) 1fr;
  gap: clamp(16px, 2vw, 28px);
  align-items: center;
  background: var(--paper);
  border: 1px solid rgba(110, 94, 62, .22);
  padding: 12px clamp(20px, 2.4vw, 34px) 12px 6px;
}
.buy-cover { width: 100%; height: auto; mix-blend-mode: multiply; }
.buy .buy-title { font-family: var(--display); font-size: 1.12rem; line-height: 1.35; color: var(--text-dark); }
.buy-title cite { font-style: italic; }

.media-tiles { list-style: none; margin: 0; padding: 0; display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(4, 1fr); gap: 14px; }
.media-tiles a {
  display: grid; place-items: center;
  height: clamp(112px, 10vw, 142px);
  padding: 20px;
  background: var(--paper);
  border: 1px solid transparent;
  text-decoration: none;
  transition: border-color .35s var(--ease), transform .35s var(--ease);
}
.media-tiles a:hover { border-color: var(--bronze); transform: translateY(-3px); }
.media-tiles img { max-height: 42px; width: auto; max-width: 78%; mix-blend-mode: multiply; filter: grayscale(1); opacity: .78; transition: filter .35s var(--ease), opacity .35s var(--ease); }
.media-tiles img[src*="hr-magazine"] { max-height: 54px; }
.media-tiles img[src*="ceo-monthly"] { max-height: 56px; }
.media-tiles a:hover img { filter: none; opacity: 1; }
.media-word { font-family: var(--sans); font-weight: 600; font-size: clamp(1.05rem, 1.4vw, 1.3rem); color: #33383d; letter-spacing: -0.01em; }
.media-word-bi { text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: .06em; font-size: clamp(.95rem, 1.2vw, 1.1rem); }

.cred-grid { list-style: none; margin: 0; padding: 0; display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(3, 1fr); gap: 14px; }
.cred-grid li {
  position: relative;
  display: flex; align-items: center;
  min-height: 118px;
  padding: 28px 26px 26px 56px;
  background: var(--paper);
  border: 1px solid rgba(110, 94, 62, .2);
  font-family: var(--display);
  font-size: clamp(1.08rem, 1.35vw, 1.24rem);
  line-height: 1.35;
  color: var(--text-dark);
  overflow: hidden;
}
.cred-grid li::before { left: 28px; top: 50%; height: 22px; margin-top: -11px; }

.finale-sign { margin: 2.2em 0; padding: 1.7em 0; border-top: 1px solid rgba(162, 142, 99, .4); border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(162, 142, 99, .4); }
.finale-sign p { margin-bottom: .45em; }
.finale .finale-q { font-family: var(--display); font-style: italic; font-size: clamp(1.3rem, 2.1vw, 1.85rem); line-height: 1.3; color: var(--bronze-light); margin: 0; }
.finale-work { position: relative; background: rgba(23, 28, 32, .82); border: 1px solid var(--ink-3); padding: clamp(26px, 3vw, 46px); }
.finale-work::before { content: ""; position: absolute; left: 0; right: 0; top: 0; height: 2px; background: var(--bronze-grad); }
.finale-work .h3 { color: var(--text-light); margin-bottom: .5em; }
.finale-work .actions { margin-top: 1.2em; }

/* --- Legal pages ----------------------------------------------------------- */
.legal-grid { display: grid; grid-template-columns: 27fr 73fr; gap: clamp(32px, 4.4vw, 84px); align-items: start; }
.legal-toc { align-self: stretch; }
.legal-toc-inner { position: sticky; top: calc(var(--hdr-h) + 24px); background: var(--paper); border: 1px solid rgba(110, 94, 62, .22); padding: 26px 28px; }
.legal-toc ol { list-style: none; margin: 8px 0 0; padding: 0; }
.legal-toc a {
  display: block; padding: 8px 0;
  font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.4;
  color: var(--text-mute-dark);
  text-decoration: none;
  border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(21, 24, 27, .08);
  transition: color .3s var(--ease);
}
.legal-toc a:hover { color: var(--bronze-deep); }
.prose { background: var(--paper); border: 1px solid rgba(110, 94, 62, .18); padding: clamp(28px, 4vw, 68px); }
.prose h2 {
  font-family: var(--display);
  font-weight: 400;
  font-size: clamp(1.45rem, 2.1vw, 1.95rem);
  line-height: 1.2;
  letter-spacing: -0.01em;
  color: var(--text-dark);
  margin: 1.9em 0 .6em;
  scroll-margin-top: calc(var(--hdr-h) + 20px);
  font-optical-sizing: none;
  font-variation-settings: "opsz" 24;
}
.prose h2:first-child { margin-top: 0; }
.prose h3 { font-size: 1.02rem; font-weight: 600; color: var(--text-dark); margin: 1.5em 0 .4em; }
.section-stone .prose p, .prose li { color: #40464c; }
.prose ul { margin: 0 0 1.05em; padding-left: 1.25em; }
.prose li { margin-bottom: .45em; }
.prose li::marker { color: var(--bronze); }
.prose a { color: var(--bronze-deep); text-underline-offset: 3px; }
.table-wrap { overflow-x: auto; margin: 0 0 1.2em; }
.legal-table { width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 15px; }
.legal-table th, .legal-table td { text-align: left; padding: 12px 14px; border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(21, 24, 27, .12); color: #40464c; }
.legal-table th { font-weight: 600; color: var(--text-dark); background: rgba(228, 225, 219, .6); }

/* --- Footer additions ------------------------------------------------------ */
.footer-logo { display: inline-block; line-height: 0; }
.footer-ia { margin-top: 28px; padding-top: 24px; border-top: 1px solid var(--ink-3); }
.footer-ia img { width: 150px; height: auto; margin-bottom: 14px; }
.footer-brand .footer-ia p { font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 8px; }
.footer .link-arrow { font-size: 14px; color: var(--bronze-light); border-bottom-color: rgba(201, 184, 143, .3); }
.footer-sub { display: block; font-size: 13px; color: #7d8287; margin-bottom: 1px; }
.footer address { font-style: normal; }
.footer-social { display: inline-flex; align-items: center; gap: 9px; }
.footer-col a[aria-current], .footer-links a[aria-current] { color: var(--bronze-light); }

/* --- Responsive -------------------------------------------------------------- */
@media (max-width: 1180px) {
  .routes { grid-template-columns: 1fr; }
  .spec-grid { grid-template-columns: 1fr; }
  .media-tiles { grid-template-columns: repeat(3, 1fr); }
}
@media (max-width: 1000px) {
  .offers { grid-template-columns: 1fr; }
  .offers-sticky { position: static; }
  .quotes-3 { grid-template-columns: 1fr; }
  .calm-head { grid-template-columns: 1fr; }
  .calm-intro { grid-column: 1; grid-row: auto; }
  .calm-grid { grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr; row-gap: 56px; }
  .calm-col, .calm-col:first-child, .calm-col:last-child { padding: 0 clamp(18px, 3vw, 30px); }
  .calm-col:nth-child(odd) { padding-left: 0; border-left: 0; }
  .calm-col:nth-child(even) { padding-right: 0; }
  .disciplines { grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr; }
  .tiles { grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr; }
  .env { grid-template-columns: 1fr; }
  .cred-grid { grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr; }
}
@media (max-width: 980px) {
  .phero-grid, .split, .ia-grid, .aud-grid, .legal-grid { grid-template-columns: 1fr; }
  .phero--full .phero-copy, .band-copy, .finale .band-copy { width: 100%; }
  .phero-bg::after { background: linear-gradient(to top, var(--ink) 0%, rgba(14, 17, 19, .55) 60%, rgba(14, 17, 19, .45) 100%); }
  .band-media, .band-media-right { left: 0; right: 0; }
  .band-media::after, .band-media-right::after { background: linear-gradient(to bottom, var(--ink) 0%, rgba(14, 17, 19, .78) 25%, rgba(14, 17, 19, .82) 75%, var(--ink) 100%); }
  .phero-visual .fig[class*="ar-"], .split-visual .fig[class*="ar-"], .offers .fig[class*="ar-"], .aud .fig[class*="ar-"] { aspect-ratio: 16 / 11; }
  .aud-rev .aud-visual { order: 0; }
  .aud-sticky { position: relative; top: auto; }
  .shead { grid-template-columns: 1fr; align-items: start; }
  .shead-mark { justify-self: start; }
  .credential { grid-template-columns: 1fr; justify-items: start; }
  .cta-card { grid-template-columns: 1fr; }
  .calm-close { grid-template-columns: 1fr; }
  .calm-close .calm-close-big { grid-row: auto; }
  .judgement { grid-template-columns: 1fr; }
  .chairs-close { grid-template-columns: 1fr; }
  .chairs-sees { grid-column: 1; grid-row: auto; }
  .chairs-index { justify-self: start; }
  .legal-toc-inner { position: static; }
  .contact-page { min-height: 0; }
}
@media (max-width: 700px) {
  .offer-list, .offer-cols, .checks-2, .quotes-2, .book .asks, .chapters ol { grid-template-columns: 1fr; }
  .theme, .taught-rows li { grid-template-columns: 1fr; gap: 4px; }
  .calm-grid { grid-template-columns: 1fr; row-gap: 48px; }
  .calm-col, .calm-col:nth-child(even) { padding: 0; border-left: 0; }
  .calm-letter { font-size: 6.2rem; }
  .spec-feature { grid-template-columns: 1fr; }
  .spec-feature-media { order: -1; min-height: 240px; }
  .tiles, .cred-grid, .disciplines { grid-template-columns: 1fr; }
  .tile { min-height: 0; }
  .env-list { grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr; }
  .media-tiles { grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr; }
  .route { grid-template-columns: 1fr; }
  .route-media { aspect-ratio: 16 / 10; min-height: 0; }
  .cascade li:nth-child(n) { padding-left: 0; }
  .buy { grid-template-columns: 120px 1fr; }
  .prose { padding: 24px 20px; }
  .footer-bottom { flex-direction: column; align-items: flex-start; }
}
@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
  .route:hover .route-media img { transform: none; }
}

/* Deep links land below the fixed header */
[id] { scroll-margin-top: calc(var(--hdr-h) + 16px); }

/* --- QA pass 1 fixes --------------------------------------------------------- */
.practices-head .btn { justify-self: end; align-self: end; }
.amna.section-stone .fig-boardroom { background: transparent; }
.section-stone .watermark { opacity: .05; }
p.fig-plate, .section-ink p.fig-plate, .section-stone p.fig-plate { color: #0E1113; margin: 0; }
.fig-plate .fig-plate-name { color: #0E1113; }
.route .link-arrow { display: inline; line-height: 1.7; }
.route .link-arrow i { display: inline-block; margin-left: .5em; vertical-align: middle; }
.row { grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 4fr) minmax(0, 6fr); }
.theme, .taught-rows li { grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 2fr) minmax(0, 3fr); }
.env-list li:last-child { grid-column: auto; }
.shead .lead + p { margin-top: .9em; }
.aud-rev .aud-grid { grid-template-columns: 62fr 38fr; }
.chips + p { margin-top: 1.5em; }
.spec-grid { grid-template-columns: 2.1fr 1fr; }
.spec-feature { grid-template-columns: 1.7fr 1fr; }
.spec-card { display: flex; flex-direction: column; }
.spec-feature { display: grid; }
.spec-card-media { margin: auto calc(-1 * clamp(28px, 3vw, 48px)) calc(-1 * clamp(28px, 3vw, 48px)); padding-top: 28px; }
.spec-card-media .fig { aspect-ratio: 16 / 11; }
.spec-card-media img { position: absolute; inset: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; object-fit: cover; object-position: 50% 30%; }
.band-short { min-height: 620px; display: flex; align-items: center; }
.band-short > .container { width: 100%; }
.phero--full .phero-bg { left: 36%; }
.phero--full .phero-bg::after {
  background:
    linear-gradient(to top, var(--ink) 0%, rgba(14, 17, 19, 0) 40%),
    linear-gradient(to right, var(--ink) 0%, rgba(14, 17, 19, .55) 30%, rgba(14, 17, 19, .1) 70%, rgba(14, 17, 19, .25) 100%);
}
.phero--full .phero-copy { width: 52%; }
.op-top > img { object-position: 50% 6% !important; }
.book-launch { margin-top: 0; }
.book-launch .fig { aspect-ratio: 16 / 10; }
.book-launch img { object-position: 50% 42% !important; }
@media (max-width: 1180px) { .spec-grid { grid-template-columns: 1fr; } }
@media (max-width: 980px) {
  .aud-rev .aud-grid { grid-template-columns: 1fr; }
  .phero--full .phero-bg { left: 0; }
  .phero--full .phero-bg::after { background: linear-gradient(to top, var(--ink) 0%, rgba(14, 17, 19, .6) 55%, rgba(14, 17, 19, .5) 100%); }
  .phero--full .phero-copy { width: 100%; }
  .practices-head .btn { justify-self: start; }
  .band-short { min-height: 0; }
}
@media (max-width: 700px) {
  .spec-feature { grid-template-columns: 1fr; }
  .theme, .taught-rows li { grid-template-columns: 1fr; }
}
.book-launch .fig img { position: absolute; inset: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; object-fit: cover; }
.band-media img[src*="stage-tablet"] { object-position: 50% 6%; }
@media (max-width: 760px) {
  .row { grid-template-columns: 1fr; }
}
@media (max-width: 700px) {
  .disciplines li { min-height: 0; padding: 18px 18px 18px 48px; align-items: center; }
  .disciplines li::before { left: 22px; top: 50%; margin-top: -11px; }
}

/* CTA panel on an ink section (Who We Work With closing, 2026-09-18) */
.section-ink .cta-panel {
  background: rgba(255, 255, 255, .035);
  border: 1px solid rgba(201, 169, 110, .22);
}

/* Client Experience case examples (2026-09-18) */
.aud-copy > .case-kicker:first-child { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: .9em; }
.case .case-step {
  margin-top: 2.1em;
  margin-bottom: .6em;
  padding-top: .9em;
  border-top: 1px solid rgba(110, 94, 62, .28);
  color: var(--bronze-deep);
  letter-spacing: .02em;
}
.section-ink.case .case-step { color: var(--bronze-light); border-top-color: rgba(201, 169, 110, .25); }
.case .h2 + .case-step { margin-top: 1.4em; }
.case .statement { margin-top: 1.4em; }

.roster + p { margin-top: 1.4em; }

/* Enquiry form states (contact-handler.php, 2026-09-18) */
.form-status {
  margin: 4px 0 18px;
  padding: 14px 18px;
  border-left: 2px solid var(--bronze);
  background: rgba(255, 255, 255, .04);
  font-size: 15px;
  line-height: 1.5;
}
.form-status.is-error { border-left-color: #c9826e; }
.form .form-status p { margin: 0; color: var(--text-light); }
.form-submit[aria-busy="true"] { opacity: .65; pointer-events: none; }
.form-done { padding: clamp(10px, 2vw, 24px) 0; }
.form .form-done .form-title { margin-bottom: .5em; }
.form-done p { max-width: none; }


/* ==========================================================================
   23. Pass 2 components: roster, service links, evidence thread, kinetic rows
   ========================================================================== */

/* --- Roster: audiences as large type that lights up as you scroll --------- */
.roster { list-style: none; margin: 1.5em 0 0; padding: 0; border-top: 1px solid rgba(21, 24, 27, .14); }
.roster li {
  position: relative;
  display: flex; align-items: center; gap: clamp(14px, 1.6vw, 24px);
  padding: clamp(11px, 1.15vw, 17px) 0;
  border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(21, 24, 27, .1);
}
.roster-mark {
  flex: none;
  width: 4px; height: clamp(1.2rem, 1.9vw, 1.8rem);
  background: var(--bronze-grad);
  transform: skewX(calc(var(--lean) * -1)) scaleY(var(--mark, 1));
  transform-origin: bottom;
}
.roster-name {
  --fill: 100%;
  font-family: var(--display);
  font-size: clamp(1.3rem, 2.1vw, 1.95rem);
  line-height: 1.22;
  letter-spacing: -0.012em;
  font-optical-sizing: none;
  font-variation-settings: "opsz" 26;
  padding-bottom: .06em;
  color: transparent;
  background-image: linear-gradient(90deg, #15181B 0, #15181B var(--fill), rgba(21, 24, 27, .2) var(--fill), rgba(21, 24, 27, .2) 100%);
  -webkit-background-clip: text;
  background-clip: text;
  transition: transform .5s var(--ease);
}
.roster-rule {
  position: absolute; left: 0; bottom: -1px;
  width: 100%; height: 1px;
  background: var(--bronze);
  transform: scaleX(var(--rule, 1));
  transform-origin: left;
}
.roster li:hover .roster-name { transform: translateX(8px); }
.section-ink .roster { border-top-color: var(--ink-3); }
.section-ink .roster li { border-bottom-color: var(--ink-3); }
.section-ink .roster-name {
  background-image: linear-gradient(90deg, #F1EEE8 0, #F1EEE8 var(--fill), rgba(241, 238, 232, .18) var(--fill), rgba(241, 238, 232, .18) 100%);
}
.roster-2 { display: grid; grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr; column-gap: clamp(24px, 3vw, 48px); }
.roster-2 .roster-name { font-size: clamp(1.2rem, 1.7vw, 1.6rem); }
@media (max-width: 700px) { .roster-2 { grid-template-columns: 1fr; } }

/* --- Relevant services: full-width link rows -------------------------------- */
.svc-links { list-style: none; margin: .4em 0 0; padding: 0; border-top: 1px solid rgba(21, 24, 27, .14); }
.svc-links a {
  position: relative;
  display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: space-between; gap: 20px;
  padding: 15px 14px 15px 0;
  font-family: var(--display);
  font-size: clamp(1.1rem, 1.45vw, 1.3rem);
  line-height: 1.3;
  color: var(--text-dark);
  text-decoration: none;
  border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(21, 24, 27, .14);
  overflow: hidden;
  isolation: isolate;
  transition: color .4s var(--ease), padding .45s var(--ease);
}
.svc-links a::before {
  content: "";
  position: absolute; inset: 0;
  background: var(--paper);
  transform: scaleX(0); transform-origin: left;
  transition: transform .5s var(--ease);
  z-index: -1;
}
.svc-links a i {
  flex: none;
  width: 18px; height: 9px;
  background: var(--bronze-deep);
  clip-path: polygon(0 45%, 70% 45%, 70% 15%, 100% 50%, 70% 85%, 70% 55%, 0 55%);
  transition: transform .4s var(--ease);
}
.svc-links a:hover { padding-left: 16px; color: var(--bronze-deep); }
.svc-links a:hover::before { transform: scaleX(1); }
.svc-links a:hover i { transform: translateX(-6px); }
.section-ink .svc-links { border-top-color: var(--ink-3); }
.section-ink .svc-links a { color: var(--text-light); border-bottom-color: var(--ink-3); }
.section-ink .svc-links a::before { background: rgba(162, 142, 99, .12); }
.section-ink .svc-links a i { background: var(--bronze); }
.section-ink .svc-links a:hover { color: var(--bronze-light); }

/* --- Evidence thread: disciplines strung along a line that draws on scroll -- */
.thread { position: relative; margin-top: clamp(20px, 3vw, 40px); }
.thread-line {
  position: absolute; top: 0; bottom: 0; left: 50%;
  width: 1px; margin-left: -.5px;
  background: rgba(162, 142, 99, .22);
}
.thread-line i {
  position: absolute; inset: 0;
  background: linear-gradient(to bottom, #C9B88F, #A28E63 70%, #6E5E3E);
  transform: scaleY(var(--draw, 1));
  transform-origin: top;
}
.thread ol {
  list-style: none; margin: 0; padding: 0;
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr;
  grid-auto-rows: clamp(54px, 5.2vw, 76px);
  column-gap: clamp(90px, 10vw, 150px);
}
.thread-item {
  --on: 1;
  --gap: clamp(45px, 5vw, 75px);
  position: relative;
  align-self: center;
  display: flex; flex-direction: column;
}
.thread-item:nth-child(odd) { grid-column: 1; text-align: right; align-items: flex-end; }
.thread-item:nth-child(even) { grid-column: 2; align-items: flex-start; }
.thread-item:nth-child(1) { grid-row: 1 / span 2; }
.thread-item:nth-child(2) { grid-row: 2 / span 2; }
.thread-item:nth-child(3) { grid-row: 3 / span 2; }
.thread-item:nth-child(4) { grid-row: 4 / span 2; }
.thread-item:nth-child(5) { grid-row: 5 / span 2; }
.thread-item:nth-child(6) { grid-row: 6 / span 2; }
.thread-item:nth-child(7) { grid-row: 7 / span 2; }
.thread-item:nth-child(8) { grid-row: 8 / span 2; }
.thread-num {
  font-family: var(--display);
  font-style: italic;
  font-size: 1.05rem;
  line-height: 1;
  color: var(--bronze);
  margin-bottom: 8px;
}
.thread-name {
  font-family: var(--display);
  font-size: clamp(1.35rem, 2.2vw, 2rem);
  line-height: 1.16;
  letter-spacing: -0.014em;
  color: var(--text-light);
  font-optical-sizing: none;
  font-variation-settings: "opsz" 28;
  max-width: 17ch;
}
.thread-item.is-off { --on: 0; }
.thread-num, .thread-name { opacity: calc(.28 + .72 * var(--on)); transition: opacity .6s var(--ease); }
.thread-node {
  position: absolute; top: 50%;
  width: 12px; height: 22px; margin-top: -11px;
  border: 1px solid var(--bronze);
  background: var(--ink);
  transform: skewX(calc(var(--lean) * -1));
  transition: background-color .5s var(--ease), box-shadow .5s var(--ease);
}
.thread-item:nth-child(odd) .thread-node { right: calc(-1 * var(--gap) - 6px); }
.thread-item:nth-child(even) .thread-node { left: calc(-1 * var(--gap) - 6px); }
.thread-item:not(.is-off) .thread-node {
  background: var(--bronze-light);
  box-shadow: 0 0 22px rgba(201, 184, 143, .45);
}
.thread-item::after {
  content: "";
  position: absolute; top: 50%;
  width: calc(var(--gap) - 16px); height: 1px;
  background: var(--bronze);
  transform: scaleX(var(--on));
  transition: transform .6s var(--ease);
}
.thread-item:nth-child(odd)::after { right: calc(-1 * var(--gap) + 4px); transform-origin: left; }
.thread-item:nth-child(even)::after { left: calc(-1 * var(--gap) + 4px); transform-origin: right; }
@media (max-width: 800px) {
  .thread-line { left: 6px; }
  .thread ol { grid-template-columns: 1fr; grid-auto-rows: auto; row-gap: 30px; }
  .thread-item:nth-child(n) { grid-column: 1; grid-row: auto; text-align: left; align-items: flex-start; padding-left: 44px; }
  .thread-item:nth-child(n) .thread-node { left: 1px; right: auto; }
  .thread-item:nth-child(n)::after { display: none; }
  .thread-name { max-width: none; }
}

/* --- Kinetic rows: formats as oversized type moving with the scroll -------- */
.formats { overflow: hidden; }
.formats > .container { position: relative; z-index: 1; }
.kinetic { position: relative; z-index: 1; margin-top: clamp(10px, 2vw, 30px); }
.kinetic-row {
  list-style: none; margin: 0 auto; padding: 0 var(--gutter);
  display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; align-items: center;
  gap: .1em 0;
  font-family: var(--display);
  font-size: clamp(1.7rem, 3.4vw, 3rem);
  line-height: 1.18;
  letter-spacing: -0.02em;
  font-optical-sizing: none;
  font-variation-settings: "opsz" 30;
  max-width: var(--maxw);
}
.kinetic-row li { color: var(--text-light); display: flex; align-items: center; }
.kinetic-row + .kinetic-row li { color: var(--bronze-light); font-style: italic; }
.kinetic-row li::after {
  content: "";
  display: inline-block;
  width: .09em; height: .66em;
  margin: 0 .55em;
  background: var(--bronze-grad);
  transform: skewX(calc(var(--lean) * -1));
}
.kinetic.is-live { padding-block: clamp(8px, 1.2vw, 18px); }
.kinetic.is-live .kinetic-row {
  flex-wrap: nowrap;
  white-space: nowrap;
  max-width: none;
  width: max-content;
  font-size: clamp(2.6rem, 6.4vw, 6.2rem);
  line-height: 1.14;
  padding-block: .04em .1em;
  will-change: transform;
}
.formats-foot {
  position: relative; z-index: 1;
  margin-top: clamp(40px, 5vw, 80px);
  display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(3, 1fr);
  border-top: 1px solid rgba(162, 142, 99, .4);
}
.formats-foot div { padding: 22px clamp(16px, 2vw, 30px) 0 0; }
.formats-foot div + div { padding-left: clamp(16px, 2vw, 30px); border-left: 1px solid var(--ink-3); }
.section-ink .formats-foot .ff-word { font-family: var(--display); font-size: clamp(1.4rem, 2.2vw, 2rem); line-height: 1.2; color: var(--text-light); margin: 0; }
@media (max-width: 700px) {
  .formats-foot { grid-template-columns: 1fr; }
  .formats-foot div + div { padding-left: 0; border-left: 0; }
  .formats-foot div { padding: 14px 0; border-bottom: 1px solid var(--ink-3); }
}

/* --- Clean statement lists (was an indented cascade) ----------------------- */
.cascade li:nth-child(n) { position: relative; padding-left: 26px; }
.cascade li::before {
  content: "";
  position: absolute; left: 4px; top: calc(.42em + .3em);
  width: 3px; height: .78em;
  background: var(--bronze-grad);
  transform: skewX(calc(var(--lean) * -1));
}

/* --- Four Chairs jump links (were pills) ----------------------------------- */
.chairs-index { gap: 0; }
.chairs-index li { display: flex; align-items: center; }
.chairs-index li + li::before {
  content: "";
  display: inline-block;
  width: 2px; height: 16px;
  margin: 0 18px;
  background: var(--bronze);
  transform: skewX(calc(var(--lean) * -1));
}
.chairs-index a {
  padding: 4px 0;
  border: 0; border-radius: 0;
  font-family: var(--display);
  font-size: clamp(1.1rem, 1.5vw, 1.35rem);
  background: linear-gradient(var(--bronze), var(--bronze)) 0 100% / 0 1px no-repeat;
  transition: background-size .45s var(--ease), color .3s var(--ease);
}
.chairs-index a:hover { background-color: transparent; background-size: 100% 1px; color: var(--bronze-deep); }

.buyers-foot { margin-top: clamp(40px, 5vw, 76px); }
.roster-2 li:nth-child(-n+2) { border-top: 0; }
@media (min-width: 701px) { .roster-2 { border-top: 0; } .roster-2 li:nth-child(-n+2) { border-top: 1px solid rgba(21, 24, 27, .14); } }

/* CTA card with portrait (Board & Leadership Development close) */
.cta-card h2.cta-card-big { font-weight: 400; margin: 0 0 .5em; font-optical-sizing: none; font-variation-settings: "opsz" 28; }
.cta-card-photo { grid-template-columns: 1.25fr 1fr; padding-right: 0; padding-block: 0; min-height: 360px; align-items: stretch; }
.cta-card-photo .cta-card-lines { padding-block: clamp(30px, 3.8vw, 60px); align-self: center; }
.cta-card-photo .cta-card-act { position: relative; display: flex; align-items: flex-end; padding: clamp(24px, 3vw, 40px); overflow: hidden; clip-path: polygon(14% 0, 100% 0, 100% 100%, 0 100%); }
.cta-card-img { position: absolute; inset: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; object-fit: cover; object-position: 50% 20%; }
.cta-card-act::after { content: ""; position: absolute; inset: 0; background: linear-gradient(to top, rgba(14, 17, 19, .8), rgba(14, 17, 19, 0) 55%); }
.cta-card-photo .cta-card-act .btn { position: relative; z-index: 1; margin: 0; }
@media (max-width: 980px) {
  .cta-card-photo { grid-template-columns: 1fr; padding: 0; }
  .cta-card-photo .cta-card-lines { padding: 30px 26px 0; }
  .cta-card-photo .cta-card-act { min-height: 300px; clip-path: polygon(0 12%, 100% 0, 100% 100%, 0 100%); }
}

/* ==========================================================================
   24. Copy components added with the second copy version (now the only version)
   ========================================================================== */
.section-ink .phero-question, .phero-question {
  font-family: var(--display);
  font-style: italic;
  font-size: clamp(1.35rem, 2.3vw, 2.05rem);
  line-height: 1.26;
  letter-spacing: -0.01em;
  color: var(--bronze-light);
  margin: -.1em 0 1.1em;
  max-width: 30ch;
}
.phero--full .phero-question { max-width: none; }

.offer-groups > .offer-list + .offer-group { margin-top: clamp(52px, 6vw, 88px); }
.offer-group {
  font-family: var(--sans);
  font-weight: 600;
  font-size: 12px;
  letter-spacing: .14em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  color: var(--bronze-deep);
  margin: 0 0 22px;
  display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 14px;
}
.offer-group::after { content: ""; flex: 1 1 auto; height: 1px; background: rgba(110, 94, 62, .3); }

.steps {
  list-style: none; margin: 0; padding: 0;
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: repeat(4, 1fr);
  gap: clamp(16px, 1.8vw, 26px);
}
.step {
  position: relative;
  padding: clamp(26px, 2.6vw, 38px);
  background: var(--paper);
  border: 1px solid rgba(110, 94, 62, .2);
  overflow: hidden;
}
.step > .card-rule { position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0; width: 100%; height: 2px; background: var(--bronze-grad); transform-origin: left; }
.step-num {
  display: block;
  font-family: var(--display);
  font-size: clamp(3.4rem, 5vw, 4.6rem);
  line-height: 1;
  padding: .04em 0 .08em;
  margin-bottom: 14px;
  color: transparent;
  -webkit-text-stroke: 1px var(--bronze);
  font-optical-sizing: none;
  font-variation-settings: "opsz" 40;
}
.step .h4 { margin-bottom: .5em; }
.step p { font-size: 15.5px; line-height: 1.56; margin: 0; }
.steps-title { margin: clamp(56px, 6vw, 96px) 0 clamp(24px, 3vw, 40px); }
@media (max-width: 1000px) { .steps { grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr; } }
@media (max-width: 600px) { .steps { grid-template-columns: 1fr; } }

.env-v2 { grid-template-columns: 1fr 1.6fr; align-items: center; }
.section-stone .env-v2 .env-sentence {
  font-family: var(--display);
  font-style: italic;
  font-size: clamp(1.15rem, 1.6vw, 1.42rem);
  line-height: 1.45;
  color: var(--bronze-deep);
  margin: 0;
  padding-left: 22px;
  border-left: 1px solid var(--bronze);
}
@media (max-width: 1000px) { .env-v2 { grid-template-columns: 1fr; } }
.practices .chairs-explain { margin: .6em 0 0; color: var(--text-mute-dark); }

.form .field-hint { font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.45; margin: 2px 0 0; color: var(--text-mute-light); }

.section-ink .closing-links { color: var(--text-mute-light); }
.section-ink .closing-links a { color: var(--bronze-light); }

/* ==========================================================================
   25. Client feedback round, 2026-09-16 (version 2 pages)
   ========================================================================== */
/* Phone lines beside CTAs */
.phero-phone { margin: 1.2em 0 0; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: .02em; color: var(--text-mute-dark); }
.section-ink .phero-phone { color: var(--text-mute-light); }
.phero-phone a { margin-left: .5em; font-weight: 500; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(162, 142, 99, .5); color: var(--bronze-deep); }
.section-ink .phero-phone a { color: var(--bronze-light); }
.phero-phone a:hover { border-bottom-color: currentColor; }
.faq-card .faq-card-phone { font-family: var(--sans); font-size: 15px; margin-top: -.3em; }
.faq-card-phone a { margin-left: .4em; color: var(--bronze-deep); text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(162, 142, 99, .5); }
.faq.section-ink .faq-card .faq-card-phone a { color: var(--bronze-light); }

/* When to engage */
.when-note {
  margin: clamp(26px, 3vw, 40px) 0 0;
  font-family: var(--display); font-style: italic;
  font-size: clamp(1.1rem, 1.5vw, 1.32rem); line-height: 1.4;
  color: var(--bronze-deep);
  padding-left: 22px; border-left: 1px solid var(--bronze);
}

/* Mediation, facilitation, restorative: what each is and when it fits */
.offer-group-intro { margin: -6px 0 0; font-size: 16px; color: var(--text-mute-dark); }
.offer-split { display: grid; grid-template-columns: 1.15fr 1fr; gap: clamp(18px, 2.6vw, 44px); align-items: start; }
.offer-split > .card-rule { grid-column: 1 / -1; }
.offer-split p { margin-bottom: 0; }
.offer-when {
  font-size: 15.5px; line-height: 1.55;
  background: var(--paper);
  border-left: 2px solid var(--bronze);
  padding: 16px 18px;
  color: var(--text-dark);
}
.offer-when span {
  display: block; margin-bottom: 6px;
  font-size: 11.5px; font-weight: 600; letter-spacing: .14em; text-transform: uppercase;
  color: var(--bronze-deep);
}
@media (max-width: 760px) { .offer-split { grid-template-columns: 1fr; } }

/* Senior-led checks on ink */
.section-ink .checks-lg { border-top-color: var(--ink-3); }

/* Homepage: where Ahqenza works */
.place-line {
  display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; align-items: baseline; gap: 6px 16px;
  margin: 1.8em 0 0; padding-top: 1.2em;
  border-top: 1px solid var(--ink-3);
}
.section-ink .place-line { color: var(--text-light); }
.place-line .label { margin: 0; }

/* Numbered service architecture on the Services page */
.route-num {
  display: block; margin-bottom: 10px;
  font-size: 12px; font-weight: 600; letter-spacing: .14em; text-transform: uppercase;
  color: var(--bronze-deep);
}

/* Learning to outcomes */
.apply-list { list-style: none; margin: 1.4em 0 0; padding: 0; display: grid; gap: 0; border-top: 1px solid rgba(110, 94, 62, .3); }
.apply-list li { padding: 16px 0 16px 34px; border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(110, 94, 62, .3); position: relative; font-size: 17px; color: var(--text-dark); }
.apply-list li::before { content: ""; position: absolute; left: 4px; top: 27px; width: 16px; height: 1px; background: var(--bronze); }

/* Speaking video: poster first, YouTube loads only on request */
.yt-facade {
  position: relative; display: block; width: 100%;
  aspect-ratio: 16 / 9; padding: 0; border: 0; cursor: pointer;
  background: var(--ink-2); overflow: hidden;
}
.yt-facade img { width: 100%; height: 100%; object-fit: cover; opacity: .82; transition: opacity .4s var(--ease), transform 1.2s var(--ease); }
.yt-facade:hover img { opacity: 1; transform: scale(1.03); }
.yt-facade .yt-play {
  position: absolute; left: clamp(16px, 2.4vw, 32px); bottom: clamp(16px, 2.4vw, 32px); width: 72px; height: 72px;
  border-radius: 50%; background: rgba(14, 17, 19, .72); border: 1px solid var(--bronze);
}
.yt-facade .yt-play::after {
  content: ""; position: absolute; left: 29px; top: 22px;
  border-style: solid; border-width: 13px 0 13px 21px; border-color: transparent transparent transparent var(--bronze-light);
}
.yt-facade:focus-visible { outline: 2px solid var(--bronze); outline-offset: 4px; }
.yt-frame { width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 16 / 9; border: 0; display: block; }
.video-note { font-size: 14px; margin: 12px 0 0; }

.hero-foot > .hero-scroll:only-child { margin-left: auto; }
.cred-row { margin-top: clamp(72px, 8vw, 130px); }
.themes-label { margin: clamp(52px, 6vw, 92px) 0 0; }
.themes-label + .themes { margin-top: 16px; }
.fin-offers { margin-top: clamp(52px, 6vw, 90px); grid-template-columns: repeat(3, 1fr); }
@media (max-width: 1000px) { .fin-offers { grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr; } }
@media (max-width: 600px) { .fin-offers { grid-template-columns: 1fr; } }
.video-row { margin-bottom: clamp(56px, 6vw, 96px); align-items: center; }

/* Text-width rule: lift narrow caps that made copy wrap beside empty space */
.acc-inner p { max-width: 120ch; }
.acc-btn { display: grid; grid-template-columns: 1fr auto; }
.footer-brand p { max-width: none; }
.section-ink .phero-question, .phero-question { max-width: none; }
.thread-name { max-width: none; }
.checks-2 li:last-child:nth-child(odd) { grid-column: 1 / -1; }