:root {
  --blue: #1c3a54;
  --blue-dark: #102a3d;
  --blue-soft: #e9f0f4;
  --terracotta: #c17b5c;
  --terracotta-dark: #9d5e43;
  --terracotta-soft: #f3e2d9;
  --cream: #f8f6f1;
  --paper: #fffdf8;
  --ink: #202326;
  --muted: #62686c;
  --line: #dcd8cf;
  --gold: #d7aa59;
  --serif: "EB Garamond", Georgia, serif;
  --sans: Inter, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", sans-serif;
  --page: min(1180px, calc(100vw - 64px));
  --shadow: 0 24px 64px rgb(28 58 84 / 10%);
  --lift: drop-shadow(0 10px 16px rgb(28 58 84 / 22%));
  --ground-wash: radial-gradient(ellipse at center, rgb(28 58 84 / 20%) 0%, rgb(28 58 84 / 0%) 70%);
}

* {
  box-sizing: border-box;
}

html {
  scroll-behavior: smooth;
  scroll-padding-top: 112px;
}

body {
  margin: 0;
  color: var(--ink);
  background: var(--cream);
  font-family: var(--sans);
  font-size: 16px;
  line-height: 1.65;
  -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;
}

body::before {
  position: fixed;
  inset: 0;
  z-index: -1;
  background-image: radial-gradient(rgb(28 58 84 / 5%) 0.7px, transparent 0.7px);
  background-size: 12px 12px;
  content: "";
  pointer-events: none;
}

img {
  display: block;
  max-width: 100%;
}

a {
  color: inherit;
}

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

:focus-visible {
  outline: 3px solid var(--terracotta);
  outline-offset: 4px;
}

[hidden] {
  display: none !important;
}

.skip-link {
  position: fixed;
  top: 12px;
  left: 16px;
  z-index: 100;
  padding: 12px 16px;
  color: white;
  background: var(--blue-dark);
  transform: translateY(-160%);
}

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

.site-header {
  position: fixed;
  top: 0;
  right: 0;
  left: 0;
  z-index: 20;
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  justify-content: space-between;
  min-height: 72px;
  padding: 10px max(24px, calc((100vw - 1180px) / 2));
  border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(220 216 207 / 65%);
  background: rgb(248 246 241 / 92%);
  backdrop-filter: blur(16px);
}

.brand {
  display: inline-flex;
  align-items: center;
  gap: 12px;
  color: var(--blue);
  font-size: 11px;
  font-weight: 600;
  line-height: 1.2;
  letter-spacing: 0.07em;
  text-decoration: none;
  text-transform: uppercase;
}

.brand-mark {
  display: grid;
  width: 38px;
  height: 38px;
  border: 1px solid var(--blue);
  border-radius: 50%;
  font-family: var(--serif);
  font-size: 23px;
  font-weight: 600;
  line-height: 1;
  place-items: center;
}

.header-actions,
.language-switch {
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
}

.header-actions {
  gap: 24px;
}

.quiet-link {
  color: var(--muted);
  font-size: 13px;
  font-weight: 600;
  text-decoration: none;
}

.quiet-link:hover {
  color: var(--blue);
}

.language-switch {
  padding: 3px;
  border: 1px solid var(--line);
  border-radius: 999px;
  background: var(--paper);
}

.language-switch button {
  min-width: 44px;
  min-height: 36px;
  padding: 0 10px;
  border: 0;
  border-radius: 999px;
  color: var(--muted);
  background: transparent;
  font: 600 12px/1 var(--sans);
  cursor: pointer;
}

.language-switch button[aria-pressed="true"] {
  color: white;
  background: var(--blue);
}

.hero {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 0.88fr) minmax(420px, 1.12fr);
  gap: clamp(32px, 6vw, 96px);
  align-items: center;
  width: var(--page);
  min-height: 100svh;
  margin: 0 auto;
  padding: 128px 0 72px;
}

.eyebrow {
  margin: 0 0 24px;
  color: var(--terracotta-dark);
  font-size: 12px;
  font-weight: 600;
  letter-spacing: 0.14em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
}

h1,
h2,
h3,
p {
  margin-top: 0;
}

h1,
h2,
h3 {
  font-family: var(--serif);
  font-weight: 600;
}

h1 {
  max-width: 680px;
  margin-bottom: 28px;
  color: var(--blue-dark);
  font-size: clamp(56px, 6.2vw, 94px);
  line-height: 0.92;
  letter-spacing: -0.045em;
}

.hero-subtitle {
  max-width: 600px;
  margin-bottom: 30px;
  color: var(--terracotta-dark);
  font-family: var(--serif);
  font-size: clamp(23px, 2.2vw, 32px);
  line-height: 1.16;
}

.hero-thesis {
  max-width: 560px;
  margin-bottom: 34px;
  padding-left: 18px;
  border-left: 2px solid var(--terracotta);
  color: var(--muted);
  font-size: 17px;
}

.story-link,
.source-link {
  display: inline-flex;
  align-items: center;
  gap: 12px;
  color: var(--blue);
  font-size: 13px;
  font-weight: 600;
  text-decoration: none;
}

.story-link {
  min-height: 48px;
  padding: 0 18px;
  border: 1px solid var(--blue);
  border-radius: 999px;
}

.story-link:hover {
  color: white;
  background: var(--blue);
}

.hero-art {
  position: relative;
  margin: 0;
}

.hero-art::before {
  position: absolute;
  inset: 9% 5% 5% 10%;
  z-index: -1;
  border-radius: 50%;
  background: var(--terracotta-soft);
  content: "";
}

.hero-art img {
  width: 100%;
  filter: drop-shadow(0 30px 30px rgb(28 58 84 / 12%));
}

/* the hero shows the whole span: cut-out objects standing on one baseline */
.hero-art.objects::before {
  display: none;
}

.hero-objects {
  display: flex;
  flex-wrap: wrap;
  align-items: flex-end;
  justify-content: center;
  gap: clamp(14px, 3vw, 28px);
}

.hero-objects figure {
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
  align-items: center;
  margin: 0;
}

.hero-objects img {
  width: 100%;
  filter: var(--lift);
}

.hero-objects .h-lg {
  flex: 0 1 34%;
}

.hero-objects .h-md {
  flex: 0 1 27%;
}

.hero-objects .h-sm {
  flex: 0 1 25%;
}

.hero-objects .ground {
  width: 70%;
  height: 6px;
  margin: 8px 0 0;
  background: var(--ground-wash);
}

.hero-objects figcaption {
  margin-top: 12px;
  color: var(--muted);
  font-size: 11px;
  font-weight: 600;
  letter-spacing: 0.01em;
  text-align: center;
}

.hero-art > figcaption {
  margin-top: 24px;
  padding-top: 16px;
  border-top: 1px solid var(--line);
  color: var(--blue);
  font-size: 12px;
  font-weight: 600;
  line-height: 1.5;
  letter-spacing: 0.01em;
  text-align: center;
  text-wrap: balance;
}

.hero-art > figcaption .photo-credit {
  color: var(--muted);
  font-size: 11px;
  font-weight: 400;
}

.hero-art > figcaption a {
  color: inherit;
  text-decoration: none;
}

.hero-art > figcaption a:hover,
.hero-art > figcaption a:focus-visible {
  text-decoration: underline;
}

.story-map {
  position: sticky;
  top: 72px;
  z-index: 15;
  overflow-x: auto;
  border-block: 1px solid var(--line);
  background: rgb(255 253 248 / 94%);
  backdrop-filter: blur(14px);
  scrollbar-width: none;
}

.story-map::-webkit-scrollbar {
  display: none;
}

.story-map ol {
  --map-pad: 10px;
  --map-gap: 6px;

  display: grid;
  grid-auto-flow: column;
  grid-auto-columns: minmax(0, 1fr);
  width: min(1180px, calc(100% - 32px));
  min-width: max-content;
  margin: 0 auto;
  padding: 0;
  list-style: none;
}

.story-map a {
  position: relative;
  display: flex;
  align-items: baseline;
  gap: var(--map-gap);
  min-height: 62px;
  padding: 18px var(--map-pad);
  color: var(--muted);
  text-decoration: none;
  white-space: nowrap;
}

.story-map a::after {
  position: absolute;
  right: var(--map-pad);
  bottom: 0;
  left: var(--map-pad);
  height: 3px;
  background: var(--terracotta);
  content: "";
  opacity: 0;
  transform: scaleX(0.2);
  transition: 180ms ease;
}

.story-map a.active,
.story-map a:hover {
  color: var(--blue);
}

.story-map a.active::after {
  opacity: 1;
  transform: scaleX(1);
}

.story-map span {
  color: var(--terracotta);
  font-size: 11px;
  font-weight: 600;
}

.story-map b {
  font-size: 13px;
  font-weight: 600;
}

.chapter {
  position: relative;
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 1.05fr) minmax(360px, 0.95fr);
  gap: clamp(48px, 9vw, 136px);
  align-items: center;
  width: var(--page);
  min-height: min(900px, calc(100svh - 80px));
  margin: 0 auto;
  padding: 112px 0;
}

.chapter + .chapter::before {
  position: absolute;
  top: 0;
  right: 0;
  left: 0;
  height: 1px;
  background: var(--line);
  content: "";
}

.chapter-reverse .chapter-visual {
  order: 2;
}

.chapter-visual {
  position: relative;
}

.chapter-visual figure {
  position: relative;
  overflow: hidden;
  margin: 0;
  border: 1px solid rgb(28 58 84 / 8%);
  border-radius: 52% 48% 48% 52% / 43% 48% 52% 57%;
  background: var(--paper);
  box-shadow: var(--shadow);
}

.chapter-visual figure::after {
  position: absolute;
  inset: 16px;
  border: 1px solid rgb(193 123 92 / 18%);
  border-radius: inherit;
  content: "";
  pointer-events: none;
}

.chapter-visual img {
  width: 100%;
  aspect-ratio: 1 / 0.9;
  object-fit: contain;
}

.photo-frame img {
  aspect-ratio: 1 / 0.9;
  object-fit: cover;
}

/* a cut-out object needs no frame and no plate: it stands on the page itself */
.chapter-visual figure.photo-cutout {
  overflow: visible;
  border-color: transparent;
  background: transparent;
  box-shadow: none;
}

.chapter-visual figure.photo-cutout::after {
  display: none;
}

.photo-cutout img {
  padding: 0;
  background: transparent;
  filter: var(--lift);
}

.photo-object img,
.photo-document img {
  background: #f5f0e8;
  object-fit: contain;
}

.photo-object img {
  padding: clamp(18px, 4vw, 36px);
}

.photo-document img {
  padding: clamp(14px, 3vw, 28px);
}

.visual-label {
  width: 100%;
  margin: 18px auto 0;
  color: var(--blue);
  font-size: 12px;
  font-weight: 600;
  line-height: 1.5;
  letter-spacing: 0.01em;
  text-align: center;
  text-wrap: balance;
}

.visual-label .visual-sep {
  color: var(--line);
}

.visual-label .photo-credit {
  color: var(--muted);
  font-size: 11px;
  font-weight: 400;
  text-decoration: none;
}

.visual-label .photo-credit:hover,
.visual-label .photo-credit:focus-visible {
  text-decoration: underline;
}

.chapter-number {
  display: inline-grid;
  width: 44px;
  height: 44px;
  margin-bottom: 18px;
  border: 1px solid var(--terracotta);
  border-radius: 50%;
  color: var(--terracotta-dark);
  font-size: 12px;
  font-weight: 600;
  line-height: 1;
  place-items: center;
}

.chapter-label {
  margin-bottom: 14px;
  color: var(--muted);
  font-size: 12px;
  font-weight: 600;
  letter-spacing: 0.15em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
}

.chapter-period {
  max-width: 530px;
  margin: -4px 0 18px;
  color: var(--terracotta-dark);
  font-size: 13px;
  font-weight: 600;
  letter-spacing: 0.05em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
}

.chapter h2 {
  max-width: 570px;
  margin-bottom: 24px;
  color: var(--blue-dark);
  font-size: clamp(42px, 4vw, 64px);
  line-height: 1;
  letter-spacing: -0.03em;
}

.chapter-copy > p:not(.chapter-number, .chapter-label) {
  max-width: 530px;
  margin-bottom: 28px;
  color: var(--muted);
  font-size: 17px;
}

.definition-card {
  max-width: 530px;
  margin-top: 36px;
  padding: 26px 28px;
  border-left: 4px solid var(--terracotta);
  background: var(--paper);
  box-shadow: 0 14px 36px rgb(28 58 84 / 7%);
}

.mini-label {
  margin-bottom: 8px;
  color: var(--terracotta-dark);
  font-size: 11px;
  font-weight: 600;
  letter-spacing: 0.12em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
}

.definition-card blockquote {
  margin: 0;
  color: var(--blue);
  font-family: var(--serif);
  font-size: 24px;
  line-height: 1.18;
}

.logic-strip {
  display: flex;
  flex-wrap: wrap;
  align-items: center;
  gap: 14px;
  max-width: 530px;
  margin: 34px 0 28px;
}

/* a key and its value are one unit: when three pairs cannot stand on one row
   the strip drops a whole pair to a second row, instead of pushing words past
   the column. min-content lets the row hold as many pairs as truly fit. */
.logic-pair {
  display: flex;
  flex: 1 1 min-content;
  align-self: stretch;
  align-items: center;
  gap: 14px;
}

.logic-pair > span {
  flex: 1;
  padding: 14px 16px;
  border: 1px solid var(--line);
  border-radius: 5px;
  color: var(--terracotta-dark);
  background: var(--paper);
  font-size: 12px;
  font-weight: 600;
}

.logic-strip small {
  display: block;
  flex: 2;
  align-self: stretch;
  margin-top: 4px;
  padding: 14px 16px;
  border: 1px solid var(--line);
  border-radius: 5px;
  color: var(--muted);
  background: var(--paper);
  font-size: 12px;
  font-weight: 400;
}

.logic-strip i {
  color: var(--terracotta);
  font-size: 22px;
  font-style: normal;
}

.source-link {
  min-height: 48px;
  border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(28 58 84 / 30%);
}

.source-link:hover {
  color: var(--terracotta-dark);
  border-color: var(--terracotta);
}

.three-words,
.concept-orbit {
  display: flex;
  flex-wrap: wrap;
  gap: 8px;
  margin: 30px 0 26px;
}

.three-words span,
.concept-orbit li {
  padding: 8px 13px;
  border: 1px solid var(--line);
  border-radius: 999px;
  color: var(--blue);
  background: var(--paper);
  font-size: 12px;
  font-weight: 600;
}

.concept-orbit {
  padding: 0;
  list-style: none;
}

.article-quote {
  max-width: 580px;
  margin: 34px 0 22px;
  padding: 30px;
  color: var(--blue);
  background: var(--paper);
  box-shadow: 0 16px 44px rgb(28 58 84 / 8%);
}

.article-quote p {
  margin-bottom: 14px;
  font-family: var(--serif);
  font-size: clamp(22px, 2.2vw, 30px);
  line-height: 1.25;
}

.article-quote cite {
  color: var(--muted);
  font-size: 11px;
  font-style: normal;
  font-weight: 600;
  letter-spacing: 0.04em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
}

.crisis {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: minmax(320px, 0.8fr) minmax(0, 1.2fr);
  gap: clamp(40px, 7vw, 100px);
  align-items: center;
  min-height: 720px;
  padding: 96px max(32px, calc((100vw - 1180px) / 2));
  color: white;
  background: var(--blue-dark);
}

.crisis .eyebrow {
  color: #eab99f;
}

.crisis h2 {
  margin-bottom: 26px;
  font-size: clamp(44px, 4.5vw, 70px);
  line-height: 0.98;
  letter-spacing: -0.03em;
}

.crisis-copy > p:last-child {
  max-width: 520px;
  color: rgb(255 255 255 / 68%);
  font-size: 17px;
}

.crisis-art {
  position: relative;
  overflow: hidden;
  margin: 0;
  border-radius: 36px;
  box-shadow: 0 28px 80px rgb(0 0 0 / 24%);
}

.crisis-art img {
  width: 100%;
  max-height: 520px;
  aspect-ratio: 1.25 / 1;
  object-fit: cover;
  opacity: 0.88;
}

.crisis-credit {
  color: white;
  background: rgb(16 42 61 / 72%);
}

.machine-warning {
  display: flex;
  gap: 18px;
  max-width: 540px;
  margin-top: 34px;
  padding: 20px;
  border: 1px solid var(--terracotta);
  background: var(--terracotta-soft);
}

.machine-warning > span {
  display: grid;
  flex: 0 0 30px;
  width: 30px;
  height: 30px;
  border-radius: 50%;
  color: white;
  background: var(--terracotta);
  font-weight: 600;
  line-height: 1;
  place-items: center;
}

.machine-warning p {
  margin: 0;
  color: var(--muted);
  font-size: 14px;
}

.machine-warning strong {
  display: block;
  margin-bottom: 2px;
  color: var(--blue);
}

.better-rules,
.definitions,
.sources {
  width: var(--page);
  margin: 0 auto;
  padding: 120px 0;
}

.better-rules {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: minmax(260px, 0.7fr) minmax(420px, 1.3fr);
  gap: clamp(48px, 9vw, 140px);
}

.section-intro h2,
.sources h2 {
  max-width: 600px;
  margin-bottom: 20px;
  color: var(--blue-dark);
  font-size: clamp(42px, 4vw, 62px);
  line-height: 1;
  letter-spacing: -0.03em;
}

.section-intro > p:last-child {
  max-width: 470px;
  color: var(--muted);
}

.method-path {
  position: relative;
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0;
  list-style: none;
}

.method-path::before {
  position: absolute;
  top: 24px;
  bottom: 24px;
  left: 23px;
  width: 1px;
  background: var(--terracotta);
  content: "";
}

.method-path li {
  position: relative;
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: 48px 1fr;
  gap: 22px;
  align-items: start;
}

.method-path li + li {
  margin-top: 48px;
}

.method-number {
  z-index: 1;
  display: grid;
  width: 48px;
  height: 48px;
  border: 1px solid var(--terracotta);
  border-radius: 50%;
  color: var(--terracotta-dark);
  background: var(--cream);
  font: 600 12px/1 var(--sans);
  place-items: center;
}

.method-path h3 {
  margin-bottom: 5px;
  color: var(--blue);
  font-size: 30px;
  line-height: 1.1;
}

.method-path p {
  max-width: 520px;
  margin: 0;
  color: var(--muted);
}

.definitions {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: minmax(280px, 0.8fr) minmax(420px, 1.2fr);
  gap: clamp(48px, 9vw, 140px);
  border-top: 1px solid var(--line);
}

.definition-list details {
  border-bottom: 1px solid var(--line);
}

.definition-list summary {
  position: relative;
  min-height: 70px;
  padding: 20px 48px 20px 0;
  color: var(--blue);
  font-family: var(--serif);
  font-size: 25px;
  font-weight: 600;
  cursor: pointer;
  list-style: none;
}

.definition-list summary::-webkit-details-marker {
  display: none;
}

.definition-list summary::after {
  position: absolute;
  top: 23px;
  right: 4px;
  display: grid;
  width: 30px;
  height: 30px;
  border: 1px solid var(--line);
  border-radius: 50%;
  color: var(--terracotta-dark);
  content: "+";
  font: 400 19px/1 var(--sans);
  place-items: center;
}

.definition-list details[open] summary::after {
  content: "−";
}

.definition-list details p {
  max-width: 560px;
  margin-bottom: 24px;
  color: var(--muted);
}

.sources {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: minmax(280px, 0.8fr) minmax(420px, 1.2fr);
  gap: clamp(48px, 9vw, 140px);
  border-top: 1px solid var(--line);
}

.sources-copy > p {
  color: var(--muted);
}

.sources-copy ul {
  margin: 24px 0 0;
  padding: 0;
  list-style: none;
}

.sources-copy li {
  border-top: 1px solid var(--line);
}

.sources-copy a {
  display: block;
  min-height: 52px;
  padding: 14px 0;
  color: var(--blue);
  font-size: 13px;
  font-weight: 600;
  text-decoration: none;
}

.sources-copy a:hover {
  color: var(--terracotta-dark);
}

footer {
  display: flex;
  justify-content: space-between;
  gap: 24px;
  padding: 38px max(32px, calc((100vw - 1180px) / 2));
  color: rgb(255 255 255 / 68%);
  background: var(--blue-dark);
  font-size: 12px;
}

footer p {
  margin: 0;
}

.reveal {
  opacity: 1;
  transform: none;
}

.reveal.will-reveal {
  opacity: 0;
  transform: translateY(22px);
  transition: opacity 600ms ease, transform 600ms ease;
}

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

@media (max-width: 900px) {
  :root {
    --page: min(100% - 40px, 680px);
  }

  .hero,
  .chapter,
  .better-rules,
  .definitions,
  .sources,
  .crisis {
    grid-template-columns: 1fr;
  }

  .story-map ol {
    --map-pad: 6px;
    --map-gap: 5px;
  }

  .story-map b {
    font-size: 12px;
  }

  .hero {
    min-height: auto;
    padding-top: 144px;
  }

  .hero-art {
    max-width: 650px;
    margin: 0 auto;
  }

  .chapter {
    gap: 56px;
    min-height: auto;
  }

  .chapter-reverse .chapter-visual {
    order: 0;
  }

  .chapter-visual {
    width: min(100%, 620px);
    margin: 0 auto;
  }

  .crisis {
    gap: 48px;
    min-height: auto;
  }

  .crisis-art {
    max-width: 680px;
  }
}

@media (max-width: 620px) {
  :root {
    --page: calc(100% - 32px);
  }

  html {
    scroll-padding-top: 128px;
  }

  .site-header {
    min-height: 64px;
    padding-inline: 16px;
  }

  .brand {
    font-size: 9px;
  }

  .brand-mark {
    width: 34px;
    height: 34px;
  }

  .quiet-link {
    display: none;
  }

  .header-actions {
    gap: 10px;
  }

  .story-map {
    top: 64px;
  }

  .story-map a {
    min-height: 54px;
    padding-block: 15px;
  }

  h1 {
    font-size: clamp(49px, 15vw, 68px);
  }

  .hero {
    gap: 48px;
    padding: 124px 0 64px;
  }

  .hero-subtitle {
    font-size: 24px;
  }

  .hero-thesis,
  .chapter-copy > p:not(.chapter-number, .chapter-label),
  .crisis-copy > p:last-child {
    font-size: 16px;
  }

  .chapter {
    padding: 80px 0;
  }

  .chapter h2,
  .section-intro h2,
  .sources h2,
  .crisis h2 {
    font-size: 42px;
  }

  .chapter-visual figure {
    border-radius: 40% 60% 52% 48% / 45% 45% 55% 55%;
  }

  /* on a phone the objects reflow rather than shrink to specks */
  .hero-objects .h-lg {
    flex-basis: 60%;
  }

  .hero-objects .h-md {
    flex-basis: 46%;
  }

  .hero-objects .h-sm {
    flex-basis: 42%;
  }

  .logic-strip,
  .logic-pair {
    align-items: stretch;
    flex-direction: column;
  }

  .logic-strip i {
    align-self: center;
    transform: rotate(90deg);
  }

  .definition-card,
  .article-quote {
    padding: 22px;
  }

  .crisis {
    padding: 80px 16px;
  }

  .better-rules,
  .definitions,
  .sources {
    gap: 42px;
    padding: 88px 0;
  }

  footer {
    align-items: flex-start;
    flex-direction: column;
    padding: 32px 16px;
  }
}

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

  *,
  *::before,
  *::after {
    scroll-behavior: auto !important;
    transition-duration: 0.01ms !important;
  }

  .reveal {
    opacity: 1;
    transform: none;
  }
}

/* --------------------------------------------------------------------------
   The bridge: at the foot of every chapter, one line saying what changes
   next, and the arrow that takes the reader there. The short hairline above
   it is the chain of stages, so it descends on the page's centre line from
   chapter to chapter. Where a step is NOT one more stage in the sequence,
   the hairline is dropped (.bridge-aside) and the chain visibly breaks.
   -------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
.bridge {
  grid-column: 1 / -1;
  order: 3;
  max-width: 530px;
  margin: 56px auto 0;
  color: var(--blue);
  font-family: var(--serif);
  font-size: 20px;
  line-height: 1.25;
  text-align: center;
  text-decoration: none;
  text-wrap: balance;
}

.bridge::before {
  display: block;
  width: 1px;
  height: 40px;
  margin: 0 auto 20px;
  background: var(--terracotta);
  content: "";
}

.bridge-aside::before {
  display: none;
}

.bridge-arrow {
  display: inline-block;
  margin-left: 8px;
  color: var(--terracotta);
  transition: transform 180ms ease;
}

.bridge:hover,
.bridge:focus-visible {
  color: var(--terracotta-dark);
}

.bridge:hover .bridge-text,
.bridge:focus-visible .bridge-text {
  text-decoration: underline;
  text-decoration-color: var(--terracotta);
  text-underline-offset: 4px;
}

.bridge:hover .bridge-arrow,
.bridge:focus-visible .bridge-arrow {
  transform: translateY(4px);
}

/* on the dark band the same component, in the band's own light tones */
.crisis .bridge {
  color: white;
}

.crisis .bridge::before {
  background: #eab99f;
}

.crisis .bridge .bridge-arrow {
  color: #eab99f;
}

.crisis .bridge:hover,
.crisis .bridge:focus-visible {
  color: #eab99f;
}

@media (max-width: 620px) {
  .bridge {
    margin-top: 40px;
  }

  .bridge::before {
    height: 32px;
    margin-bottom: 16px;
  }
}

@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
  .bridge:hover .bridge-arrow,
  .bridge:focus-visible .bridge-arrow {
    transform: none;
  }
}

@media print {
  .site-header,
  .story-map,
  .story-link {
    display: none;
  }

  body,
  .crisis,
  footer {
    color: black;
    background: white;
  }

  .hero,
  .chapter,
  .crisis {
    min-height: auto;
    break-inside: avoid;
  }

  .reveal {
    opacity: 1;
    transform: none;
  }
}