/* ============================================================
   Visual About Page
   Scoped under .about-visual to avoid changing other pages.
   ============================================================ */

.about-visual {
  max-width: 980px;
  padding-top: 46px;
}

.about-visual * {
  box-sizing: border-box;
}

.about-visual h1,
.about-visual h2,
.about-visual h3,
.about-visual p {
  text-align: left;
}

.section-kicker {
  margin-bottom: 10px;
  color: var(--orange-dark);
  font-family: "IBM Plex Mono", ui-monospace, monospace;
  font-size: 11px;
  font-weight: 600;
  letter-spacing: 0.11em;
  line-height: 1.2;
  text-transform: uppercase;
}

.about-block {
  margin-top: 88px;
}

.section-heading-row {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 1.25fr) minmax(250px, 0.75fr);
  gap: 56px;
  align-items: end;
  margin-bottom: 28px;
}

.section-heading-row h2 {
  max-width: 650px;
  margin: 0;
  font-size: clamp(34px, 5.5vw, 56px);
  letter-spacing: -0.045em;
}

.section-heading-row > p {
  margin: 0 0 5px;
  color: var(--text-soft);
  font-size: 17px;
  line-height: 1.5;
}

/* ---------------- HERO ---------------- */

.about-hero {
  position: relative;
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: 290px minmax(0, 1fr);
  gap: 58px;
  align-items: center;
  min-height: 500px;
  padding: 42px 0 52px;
}

.about-hero::after {
  position: absolute;
  right: 0;
  bottom: 0;
  left: 0;
  height: 1px;
  content: "";
  background: linear-gradient(
    90deg,
    transparent,
    var(--line) 11%,
    var(--line) 89%,
    transparent
  );
}

.about-hero-photo-wrap {
  position: relative;
  display: grid;
  place-items: center;
  min-height: 360px;
}

.about-hero-photo {
  position: relative;
  z-index: 2;
  width: 250px;
  height: 310px;
  object-fit: cover;
  border: 1px solid var(--line);
  border-radius: 125px 125px 20px 20px;
  filter: saturate(0.94) contrast(1.02);
  box-shadow: 0 16px 36px rgba(20, 23, 26, 0.12);
}

.about-photo-orbit {
  position: absolute;
  z-index: 1;
  width: 286px;
  height: 348px;
  border: 1px dashed rgba(11, 94, 168, 0.42);
  border-radius: 50%;
  transform: rotate(-12deg);
}

.about-photo-orbit::before,
.about-photo-orbit::after {
  position: absolute;
  width: 10px;
  height: 10px;
  content: "";
  border-radius: 50%;
  background: var(--orange);
  box-shadow: 0 0 0 5px var(--surface);
}

.about-photo-orbit::before {
  top: 54px;
  right: 11px;
}

.about-photo-orbit::after {
  bottom: 54px;
  left: 11px;
}

.hero-status {
  position: absolute;
  z-index: 3;
  right: -8px;
  bottom: 20px;
  display: inline-flex;
  align-items: center;
  gap: 8px;
  padding: 8px 11px;
  color: var(--text);
  background: var(--surface-strong);
  border: 1px solid var(--line);
  border-radius: 999px;
  font-family: "IBM Plex Mono", ui-monospace, monospace;
  font-size: 10px;
  font-weight: 600;
  letter-spacing: 0.03em;
  box-shadow: 0 5px 18px rgba(20, 23, 26, 0.08);
}

.status-dot {
  width: 7px;
  height: 7px;
  border-radius: 50%;
  background: var(--orange);
  box-shadow: 0 0 0 3px rgba(242, 140, 24, 0.16);
}

.about-hero-copy h1 {
  margin: 0;
  font-size: clamp(52px, 8.5vw, 88px);
  line-height: 0.87;
  letter-spacing: -0.065em;
}

.hero-role {
  margin: 21px 0 12px;
  color: var(--blue-dark);
  font-family: "IBM Plex Mono", ui-monospace, monospace;
  font-size: 13px;
  font-weight: 600;
  line-height: 1.45;
}

.hero-lede {
  max-width: 600px;
  margin: 0;
  color: var(--text-soft);
  font-size: clamp(20px, 2.6vw, 24px);
  line-height: 1.42;
}

.topic-chips {
  display: flex;
  flex-wrap: wrap;
  gap: 7px;
  margin-top: 22px;
}

.topic-chips span {
  padding: 6px 9px;
  color: var(--blue-dark);
  background: rgba(11, 94, 168, 0.055);
  border: 1px solid rgba(11, 94, 168, 0.2);
  border-radius: 999px;
  font-family: "IBM Plex Mono", ui-monospace, monospace;
  font-size: 10px;
  font-weight: 600;
  letter-spacing: 0.03em;
}

.hero-affiliations {
  display: flex;
  flex-wrap: wrap;
  gap: 10px;
  margin-top: 22px;
}

.affiliation-pill {
  display: inline-flex;
  align-items: center;
  gap: 10px;
  min-width: 175px;
  padding: 9px 12px 9px 9px;
  color: var(--text);
  background: var(--surface-strong);
  border: 1px solid var(--line);
  border-radius: 9px;
  transition: transform 180ms ease, border-color 180ms ease;
}

.affiliation-pill:hover {
  color: var(--text);
  border-color: var(--orange);
  transform: translateY(-2px);
}

.affiliation-pill img {
  width: 35px;
  height: 35px;
  object-fit: contain;
  padding: 4px;
  background: #fff;
  border-radius: 7px;
}

.affiliation-pill span {
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
  gap: 1px;
}

.affiliation-pill small {
  color: var(--text-muted);
  font-family: "IBM Plex Mono", ui-monospace, monospace;
  font-size: 9px;
  letter-spacing: 0.08em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
}

.affiliation-pill strong {
  font-family: "Bricolage Grotesque", system-ui, sans-serif;
  font-size: 15px;
}

.hero-links {
  display: flex;
  flex-wrap: wrap;
  gap: 18px;
  margin-top: 22px;
}

.hero-links a {
  display: inline-flex;
  align-items: center;
  gap: 6px;
  color: var(--text);
  font-family: "Bricolage Grotesque", system-ui, sans-serif;
  font-size: 14px;
  font-weight: 700;
}

.hero-links a i {
  color: var(--orange-dark);
  font-size: 11px;
  transition: transform 180ms ease;
}

.hero-links a:hover i {
  transform: translateX(2px);
}

/* ---------------- WORK ---------------- */

.work-lanes {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: repeat(3, minmax(0, 1fr));
  border-top: 1px solid var(--line);
  border-bottom: 1px solid var(--line);
}

.work-lane {
  position: relative;
  min-height: 250px;
  padding: 28px 25px 25px;
}

.work-lane + .work-lane {
  border-left: 1px solid var(--line);
}

.lane-icon {
  display: grid;
  place-items: center;
  width: 42px;
  height: 42px;
  margin-bottom: 30px;
  color: var(--orange-dark);
  background: rgba(242, 140, 24, 0.08);
  border: 1px solid rgba(242, 140, 24, 0.22);
  border-radius: 50%;
}

.lane-number {
  position: absolute;
  top: 30px;
  right: 24px;
  color: var(--text-muted);
  font-family: "IBM Plex Mono", ui-monospace, monospace;
  font-size: 10px;
}

.work-lane h3 {
  margin: 0 0 10px;
  color: var(--text);
  font-family: "Bricolage Grotesque", system-ui, sans-serif;
  font-size: 24px;
  line-height: 1.05;
  letter-spacing: -0.025em;
}

.work-lane p {
  margin: 0;
  color: var(--text-soft);
  font-size: 16px;
  line-height: 1.48;
}

.capability-flow {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: auto minmax(50px, 1fr) minmax(0, 4fr);
  gap: 16px;
  align-items: center;
  margin-top: 30px;
}

.flow-origin {
  display: inline-flex;
  align-items: center;
  gap: 8px;
  color: var(--text);
  font-family: "IBM Plex Mono", ui-monospace, monospace;
  font-size: 11px;
  font-weight: 600;
  text-transform: uppercase;
}

.flow-origin i {
  color: var(--orange-dark);
}

.flow-line {
  position: relative;
  height: 1px;
  background: var(--line);
}

.flow-line::after {
  position: absolute;
  top: -3px;
  right: 0;
  width: 7px;
  height: 7px;
  content: "";
  border-top: 1px solid var(--line);
  border-right: 1px solid var(--line);
  transform: rotate(45deg);
}

.flow-actions {
  display: flex;
  flex-wrap: wrap;
  gap: 7px;
}

.flow-actions span {
  padding: 5px 8px;
  color: var(--blue-dark);
  background: var(--surface-strong);
  border: 1px solid var(--line);
  border-radius: 5px;
  font-family: "IBM Plex Mono", ui-monospace, monospace;
  font-size: 10px;
  font-weight: 600;
}

/* ---------------- PATRAM ECOSYSTEM ---------------- */

.patram-pentagon {
  position: relative;
  min-height: 650px;
  overflow: hidden;
  background:
    radial-gradient(circle at 50% 52%, rgba(11, 94, 168, 0.1), transparent 26%),
    linear-gradient(135deg, rgba(11, 94, 168, 0.035), rgba(242, 140, 24, 0.045)),
    var(--surface-strong);
  border: 1px solid var(--line);
  border-radius: 14px;
}

.patram-pentagon::before {
  position: absolute;
  inset: 0;
  content: "";
  background-image:
    linear-gradient(rgba(11, 94, 168, 0.035) 1px, transparent 1px),
    linear-gradient(90deg, rgba(11, 94, 168, 0.035) 1px, transparent 1px);
  background-size: 40px 40px;
  mask-image: linear-gradient(to bottom, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.6), transparent 88%);
  pointer-events: none;
}

.patram-pentagon-lines {
  position: absolute;
  inset: 0;
  z-index: 1;
  width: 100%;
  height: 100%;
  pointer-events: none;
}

.patram-pentagon-lines .ecosystem-field {
  stroke: rgba(11, 94, 168, 0.38);
  stroke-width: 1.35;
  vector-effect: non-scaling-stroke;
}

.patram-pentagon-lines line {
  stroke: rgba(11, 94, 168, 0.42);
  stroke-width: 1.1;
  stroke-dasharray: 4 7;
  vector-effect: non-scaling-stroke;
}

.patram-pentagon-lines circle {
  fill: var(--surface-strong);
  stroke: var(--orange);
  stroke-width: 2.25;
  vector-effect: non-scaling-stroke;
}

.patram-core-node {
  position: absolute;
  top: 53%;
  left: 50%;
  z-index: 5;
  display: flex;
  width: 168px;
  height: 168px;
  flex-direction: column;
  align-items: center;
  justify-content: center;
  padding: 18px;
  color: #fff;
  background: linear-gradient(145deg, var(--blue-dark), var(--blue));
  border: 7px solid var(--surface-strong);
  outline: 1px solid rgba(242, 140, 24, 0.42);
  border-radius: 50%;
  text-align: center;
  transform: translate(-50%, -50%);
  box-shadow:
    0 16px 38px rgba(7, 69, 125, 0.2),
    0 0 0 11px rgba(11, 94, 168, 0.05);
  transition: transform 180ms ease, box-shadow 180ms ease;
}

.patram-core-node:hover {
  color: #fff;
  transform: translate(-50%, -50%) scale(1.025);
  box-shadow:
    0 18px 42px rgba(7, 69, 125, 0.24),
    0 0 0 13px rgba(11, 94, 168, 0.06);
}

.patram-core-node .node-kicker {
  max-width: 116px;
  color: #c8def1;
  font-family: "IBM Plex Mono", ui-monospace, monospace;
  font-size: 8px;
  font-weight: 600;
  letter-spacing: 0.08em;
  line-height: 1.35;
  text-transform: uppercase;
}

.patram-core-node strong {
  margin: 8px 0 3px;
  color: #fff;
  font-family: "Bricolage Grotesque", system-ui, sans-serif;
  font-size: 29px;
  line-height: 1;
  letter-spacing: -0.04em;
}

.patram-core-node > span:last-child {
  color: #e6f1fb;
  font-size: 12px;
}

.patram-vertex {
  position: absolute;
  z-index: 3;
  padding: 14px 15px 15px;
  background:
    linear-gradient(145deg, rgba(11, 94, 168, 0.04), transparent 54%),
    rgba(247, 246, 243, 0.97);
  border: 1px solid var(--line);
  border-top: 2px solid rgba(242, 140, 24, 0.82);
  border-radius: 10px;
  box-shadow:
    0 8px 24px rgba(20, 23, 26, 0.065),
    0 1px 0 rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7) inset;
}

.patram-vertex::after {
  position: absolute;
  z-index: 4;
  width: 9px;
  height: 9px;
  content: "";
  background: var(--surface-strong);
  border: 2px solid var(--orange);
  border-radius: 50%;
  box-shadow: 0 0 0 3px rgba(242, 140, 24, 0.09);
}

.vertex-task {
  top: 18px;
  left: 50%;
  width: 480px;
  transform: translateX(-50%);
}

.vertex-task::after {
  bottom: -7px;
  left: 50%;
  transform: translateX(-50%);
}

.vertex-agents {
  top: 43%;
  left: 20px;
  width: 250px;
  transform: translateY(-50%);
}

.vertex-agents::after {
  top: 50%;
  right: -7px;
  transform: translateY(-50%);
}

.vertex-foundation {
  top: 43%;
  right: 20px;
  width: 270px;
  transform: translateY(-50%);
}

.vertex-foundation::after {
  top: 50%;
  left: -7px;
  transform: translateY(-50%);
}

.vertex-infra {
  bottom: 20px;
  left: 58px;
  width: 330px;
}

.vertex-infra::after {
  top: -7px;
  right: 31%;
}

.vertex-evals {
  right: 58px;
  bottom: 20px;
  width: 305px;
}

.vertex-evals::after {
  top: -7px;
  left: 31%;
}

.branch-label {
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  gap: 7px;
  flex-basis: 100%;
  margin-bottom: 8px;
  color: var(--orange-dark);
  font-family: "IBM Plex Mono", ui-monospace, monospace;
  font-size: 10px;
  font-weight: 600;
  letter-spacing: 0.08em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
}

.branch-label i {
  font-size: 11px;
}

.patram-chip-grid {
  display: flex;
  flex-wrap: wrap;
  gap: 6px;
}

.task-chip-grid {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: repeat(3, minmax(0, 1fr));
}

.vertex-infra .patram-chip-grid {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: repeat(3, minmax(0, 1fr));
}

.vertex-evals .patram-chip-grid {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: repeat(2, minmax(0, 1fr));
}

.patram-chip {
  display: flex;
  min-width: 0;
  flex-direction: column;
  gap: 2px;
  padding: 7px 9px;
  color: var(--text);
  background: var(--surface);
  border: 1px solid var(--line);
  border-radius: 6px;
  box-shadow: 0 1px 0 rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.45) inset;
}

.patram-chip strong {
  overflow: hidden;
  color: var(--text);
  font-family: "Bricolage Grotesque", system-ui, sans-serif;
  font-size: 11.5px;
  font-weight: 700;
  line-height: 1.15;
  text-overflow: ellipsis;
  white-space: nowrap;
}

.patram-chip small {
  overflow: hidden;
  color: var(--text-muted);
  font-family: "IBM Plex Mono", ui-monospace, monospace;
  font-size: 7.3px;
  letter-spacing: 0.02em;
  line-height: 1.25;
  text-overflow: ellipsis;
  white-space: nowrap;
}

.patram-note {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: auto minmax(0, 1fr) auto;
  gap: 16px;
  align-items: center;
  margin-top: 15px;
  padding: 14px 4px;
}

.patram-note > i {
  color: var(--orange-dark);
}

.patram-note p {
  margin: 0;
  color: var(--text-soft);
  font-size: 17px;
}

.patram-note a {
  white-space: nowrap;
  font-family: "IBM Plex Mono", ui-monospace, monospace;
  font-size: 11px;
  font-weight: 600;
}

/* ---------------- JOURNEY ---------------- */

.journey-line {
  position: relative;
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: repeat(5, minmax(0, 1fr));
  gap: 0;
  padding-top: 35px;
}

.journey-line::before {
  position: absolute;
  top: 46px;
  right: 8%;
  left: 8%;
  height: 1px;
  content: "";
  background: var(--line);
}

.journey-stop {
  position: relative;
  z-index: 2;
  padding: 0 20px;
}

.journey-stop:first-child {
  padding-left: 0;
}

.journey-stop:last-child {
  padding-right: 0;
}

.journey-dot {
  width: 21px;
  height: 21px;
  margin-bottom: 22px;
  background: var(--surface);
  border: 5px solid var(--orange);
  border-radius: 50%;
  box-shadow: 0 0 0 5px var(--surface);
}

.journey-label {
  margin-bottom: 8px;
  color: var(--blue-dark);
  font-family: "IBM Plex Mono", ui-monospace, monospace;
  font-size: 10px;
  font-weight: 600;
  letter-spacing: 0.08em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
}

.journey-stop h3 {
  min-height: 49px;
  margin: 0 0 9px;
  color: var(--text);
  font-family: "Bricolage Grotesque", system-ui, sans-serif;
  font-size: 20px;
  line-height: 1.12;
}

.journey-stop p {
  margin: 0;
  color: var(--text-soft);
  font-size: 15px;
  line-height: 1.48;
}

.achievement-strip {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: repeat(3, minmax(0, 1fr));
  margin-top: 38px;
  background: var(--surface-strong);
  border: 1px solid var(--line);
  border-radius: 8px;
}

.achievement-strip > div {
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
  gap: 3px;
  min-height: 100px;
  padding: 21px 22px;
}

.achievement-strip > div + div {
  border-left: 1px solid var(--line);
}

.achievement-value {
  color: var(--text);
  font-family: "Bricolage Grotesque", system-ui, sans-serif;
  font-size: clamp(20px, 3vw, 27px);
  font-weight: 750;
  letter-spacing: -0.025em;
}

.achievement-label {
  color: var(--text-muted);
  font-family: "IBM Plex Mono", ui-monospace, monospace;
  font-size: 9px;
  letter-spacing: 0.07em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
}

/* ---------------- EXPLORATION ---------------- */

.exploration-grid {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: repeat(3, minmax(0, 1fr));
  gap: 12px;
}

.exploration-subhead {
  display: flex;
  justify-content: space-between;
  align-items: baseline;
  gap: 18px;
  margin: 8px 0 13px;
  padding-top: 6px;
}

.exploration-subhead > span {
  color: var(--text);
  font-family: "Bricolage Grotesque", system-ui, sans-serif;
  font-size: 20px;
  font-weight: 700;
  letter-spacing: -0.02em;
}

.exploration-subhead > a {
  font-family: "IBM Plex Mono", ui-monospace, monospace;
  font-size: 10px;
  font-weight: 600;
}

.hackathon-subhead {
  margin-top: 34px;
  padding-top: 20px;
  border-top: 1px solid var(--line);
}

.exploration-card em {
  display: block;
  margin-top: 14px;
  color: var(--blue-dark);
  font-family: "IBM Plex Mono", ui-monospace, monospace;
  font-size: 9px;
  font-style: normal;
  font-weight: 600;
  letter-spacing: 0.03em;
}

.competition-card {
  background:
    linear-gradient(145deg, rgba(242, 140, 24, 0.035), transparent 58%),
    var(--surface-strong);
}

.exploration-card {
  position: relative;
  min-height: 218px;
  padding: 21px;
  overflow: hidden;
  color: var(--text);
  background: var(--surface-strong);
  border: 1px solid var(--line);
  border-radius: 8px;
  transition: transform 180ms ease, border-color 180ms ease;
}

.exploration-card::after {
  position: absolute;
  right: -30px;
  bottom: -40px;
  width: 100px;
  height: 100px;
  content: "";
  border: 1px solid rgba(11, 94, 168, 0.12);
  border-radius: 50%;
}

.exploration-card:hover {
  color: var(--text);
  border-color: var(--orange);
  transform: translateY(-3px);
}

.exploration-card > i {
  margin-bottom: 30px;
  color: var(--orange-dark);
  font-size: 19px;
}

.exploration-domain {
  display: block;
  margin-bottom: 7px;
  color: var(--blue-dark);
  font-family: "IBM Plex Mono", ui-monospace, monospace;
  font-size: 9px;
  font-weight: 600;
  letter-spacing: 0.09em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
}

.exploration-card h3 {
  margin: 0 0 7px;
  font-family: "Bricolage Grotesque", system-ui, sans-serif;
  font-size: 21px;
  line-height: 1.1;
}

.exploration-card p {
  position: relative;
  z-index: 2;
  margin: 0;
  color: var(--text-soft);
  font-size: 14px;
  line-height: 1.45;
}

.mentor-line {
  max-width: 760px;
  margin: 20px 0 0;
  color: var(--text-muted);
  font-size: 15px;
  line-height: 1.5;
}

/* ---------------- COMMUNITY ---------------- */

.community-row {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: repeat(3, minmax(0, 1fr));
  border-top: 1px solid var(--line);
  border-bottom: 1px solid var(--line);
}

.community-item {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: 34px minmax(0, 1fr);
  gap: 12px;
  min-height: 145px;
  padding: 24px 18px;
}

.community-item + .community-item {
  border-left: 1px solid var(--line);
}

.community-item > i {
  padding-top: 3px;
  color: var(--orange-dark);
  font-size: 18px;
}

.community-item > div {
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
  gap: 4px;
}

.community-item strong {
  margin-bottom: 5px;
  font-family: "Bricolage Grotesque", system-ui, sans-serif;
  font-size: 19px;
}

.community-item span {
  color: var(--text-soft);
  font-size: 14px;
  line-height: 1.4;
}

/* ---------------- BEYOND ---------------- */

.interest-grid {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: repeat(3, minmax(0, 1fr));
  gap: 10px;
}

.interest-card {
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
  min-height: 190px;
  padding: 20px;
  color: var(--text);
  background: transparent;
  border: 1px solid var(--line);
  border-radius: 8px;
}

.interest-card > i {
  margin-bottom: 28px;
  color: var(--orange-dark);
  font-size: 19px;
}

.interest-card strong {
  margin-bottom: 6px;
  font-family: "Bricolage Grotesque", system-ui, sans-serif;
  font-size: 20px;
}

.interest-card span {
  color: var(--text-soft);
  font-size: 14px;
  line-height: 1.45;
}

a.interest-card {
  transition: transform 180ms ease, border-color 180ms ease;
}

a.interest-card:hover {
  color: var(--text);
  border-color: var(--orange);
  transform: translateY(-3px);
}

.backward-pass-card {
  position: relative;
  overflow: hidden;
  background:
    linear-gradient(135deg, rgba(11, 94, 168, 0.075), rgba(242, 140, 24, 0.06)),
    var(--surface-strong);
}

.backward-pass-card::after {
  position: absolute;
  top: -55px;
  right: -45px;
  width: 140px;
  height: 140px;
  content: "";
  border: 1px dashed rgba(11, 94, 168, 0.22);
  border-radius: 50%;
}

.backward-pass-card em {
  margin-top: auto;
  padding-top: 15px;
  color: var(--blue-dark);
  font-family: "IBM Plex Mono", ui-monospace, monospace;
  font-size: 10px;
  font-style: normal;
  font-weight: 600;
}

/* ---------------- CLOSE ---------------- */

.closing-note {
  margin: 90px 0 30px;
  padding: 44px 0 18px;
  border-top: 1px solid var(--line);
}

.closing-note p {
  max-width: 780px;
  margin: 12px 0 0;
  color: var(--text);
  font-family: "Bricolage Grotesque", system-ui, sans-serif;
  font-size: clamp(30px, 5vw, 52px);
  font-weight: 650;
  line-height: 1.03;
  letter-spacing: -0.045em;
}

.closing-note em {
  color: var(--blue-dark);
  font-family: "Newsreader", Georgia, serif;
  font-weight: 500;
}

/* ---------------- DARK MODE ---------------- */

body.dark-mode .about-photo-orbit::before,
body.dark-mode .about-photo-orbit::after {
  box-shadow: 0 0 0 5px #071a2c;
}

body.dark-mode .hero-role,
body.dark-mode .topic-chips span,
body.dark-mode .flow-actions span,
body.dark-mode .journey-label,
body.dark-mode .exploration-domain,
body.dark-mode .backward-pass-card em,
body.dark-mode .closing-note em {
  color: #7fc1ff;
}

body.dark-mode .topic-chips span {
  background: rgba(111, 183, 255, 0.07);
  border-color: rgba(111, 183, 255, 0.23);
}

body.dark-mode .affiliation-pill,
body.dark-mode .patram-pentagon,
body.dark-mode .achievement-strip,
body.dark-mode .exploration-card,
body.dark-mode .backward-pass-card {
  background-color: #0b2238;
  border-color: #23496a;
}

body.dark-mode .patram-vertex {
  background:
    linear-gradient(145deg, rgba(111, 183, 255, 0.06), transparent 54%),
    rgba(11, 34, 56, 0.97);
  border-color: #23496a;
  border-top-color: rgba(255, 180, 92, 0.84);
}

body.dark-mode .patram-chip {
  background: #071a2c;
  border-color: #23496a;
}

body.dark-mode .patram-core-node {
  background: linear-gradient(145deg, #07457d, #0b5ea8);
  border-color: #0b2238;
}

body.dark-mode .patram-vertex::after,
body.dark-mode .patram-pentagon-lines circle {
  background: #0b2238;
  fill: #0b2238;
  border-color: #ffb45c;
  stroke: #ffb45c;
}

body.dark-mode .patram-pentagon-lines .ecosystem-field {
  stroke: rgba(111, 183, 255, 0.38);
}

body.dark-mode .patram-pentagon-lines line {
  stroke: rgba(111, 183, 255, 0.42);
}

body.dark-mode .exploration-card em {
  color: #7fc1ff;
}

body.dark-mode .affiliation-pill:hover,
body.dark-mode .exploration-card:hover,
body.dark-mode a.interest-card:hover {
  border-color: #ffb45c;
}

body.dark-mode .work-lanes,
body.dark-mode .work-lane + .work-lane,
body.dark-mode .community-row,
body.dark-mode .community-item + .community-item,
body.dark-mode .achievement-strip > div + div,
body.dark-mode .closing-note,
body.dark-mode .about-hero::after {
  border-color: #23496a;
}

body.dark-mode .journey-line::before {
  background: #23496a;
}

body.dark-mode .patram-core-node {
  background: linear-gradient(145deg, #07457d, #0b5ea8);
}

body.dark-mode .journey-dot {
  background: #071a2c;
  box-shadow: 0 0 0 5px #071a2c;
}

body.dark-mode .interest-card {
  border-color: #23496a;
}

body.dark-mode .hero-status {
  background: #0b2238;
  border-color: #23496a;
}

/* ---------------- RESPONSIVE ---------------- */

@media (max-width: 900px) {
  .about-visual {
    max-width: 800px;
  }

  .about-hero {
    grid-template-columns: 230px minmax(0, 1fr);
    gap: 36px;
  }

  .about-hero-photo {
    width: 205px;
    height: 270px;
  }

  .about-photo-orbit {
    width: 237px;
    height: 306px;
  }

  .patram-pentagon {
    min-height: 680px;
  }

  .vertex-task {
    width: 440px;
  }

  .vertex-agents {
    left: 12px;
    width: 225px;
  }

  .vertex-foundation {
    right: 12px;
    width: 240px;
  }

  .vertex-infra {
    left: 28px;
    width: 300px;
  }

  .vertex-evals {
    right: 28px;
    width: 280px;
  }

  .patram-core-node {
    width: 154px;
    height: 154px;
  }
}

@media (max-width: 768px) {
  .about-visual {
    padding: 24px 18px 40px;
  }

  .about-block {
    margin-top: 68px;
  }

  .about-hero {
    grid-template-columns: 1fr;
    gap: 20px;
    min-height: auto;
    padding: 20px 0 44px;
    text-align: center;
  }

  .about-hero-photo-wrap {
    min-height: 285px;
  }

  .about-hero-photo {
    width: 190px;
    height: 235px;
    border-radius: 95px 95px 16px 16px;
  }

  .about-photo-orbit {
    width: 220px;
    height: 268px;
  }

  .hero-status {
    right: 50%;
    bottom: 4px;
    transform: translateX(50%);
  }

  .about-hero-copy {
    display: flex;
    flex-direction: column;
    align-items: center;
  }

  .about-hero-copy h1,
  .about-hero-copy p,
  .about-hero-copy .section-kicker {
    text-align: center;
  }

  .about-hero-copy h1 {
    font-size: clamp(50px, 16vw, 72px);
  }

  .hero-lede {
    max-width: 540px;
    font-size: 20px;
  }

  .topic-chips,
  .hero-affiliations,
  .hero-links {
    justify-content: center;
  }

  .section-heading-row {
    grid-template-columns: 1fr;
    gap: 12px;
    align-items: start;
  }

  .section-heading-row > p {
    max-width: 600px;
  }

  .work-lanes {
    grid-template-columns: 1fr;
  }

  .work-lane {
    min-height: auto;
  }

  .work-lane + .work-lane {
    border-top: 1px solid var(--line);
    border-left: 0;
  }

  .capability-flow {
    grid-template-columns: 1fr;
    gap: 10px;
  }

  .flow-line {
    display: none;
  }

  .patram-pentagon {
    display: grid;
    gap: 10px;
    min-height: 0;
    padding: 12px;
  }

  .patram-pentagon-lines {
    display: none;
  }

  .patram-core-node,
  .patram-vertex {
    position: relative;
    inset: auto;
    width: 100%;
    transform: none;
  }

  .patram-core-node {
    order: -1;
    height: auto;
    min-height: 112px;
    border: 0;
    outline: 0;
    border-radius: 9px;
  }

  .patram-core-node:hover {
    transform: none;
  }

  .patram-vertex::after {
    display: none;
  }

  .task-chip-grid,
  .vertex-infra .patram-chip-grid,
  .vertex-evals .patram-chip-grid {
    grid-template-columns: repeat(2, minmax(0, 1fr));
  }

  .patram-note {
    grid-template-columns: auto 1fr;
  }

  .patram-note a {
    grid-column: 2;
  }

  .journey-line {
    grid-template-columns: 1fr;
    gap: 25px;
    padding-top: 0;
    padding-left: 26px;
  }

  .journey-line::before {
    top: 10px;
    bottom: 10px;
    left: 9px;
    width: 1px;
    height: auto;
  }

  .journey-stop,
  .journey-stop:first-child,
  .journey-stop:last-child {
    padding: 0 0 0 12px;
  }

  .journey-dot {
    position: absolute;
    top: 0;
    left: -27px;
    width: 18px;
    height: 18px;
    margin: 0;
  }

  .journey-stop h3 {
    min-height: 0;
  }

  .achievement-strip {
    grid-template-columns: 1fr;
  }

  .achievement-strip > div + div {
    border-top: 1px solid var(--line);
    border-left: 0;
  }

  .exploration-grid,
  .interest-grid {
    grid-template-columns: repeat(2, minmax(0, 1fr));
  }

  .community-row {
    grid-template-columns: 1fr;
  }

  .community-item + .community-item {
    border-top: 1px solid var(--line);
    border-left: 0;
  }

  .closing-note {
    margin-top: 70px;
  }
}

@media (max-width: 520px) {
  .hero-affiliations {
    width: 100%;
  }

  .affiliation-pill {
    width: 100%;
  }

  .exploration-grid,
  .interest-grid {
    grid-template-columns: 1fr;
  }

  .exploration-card,
  .interest-card {
    min-height: auto;
  }

  .exploration-card > i,
  .interest-card > i {
    margin-bottom: 20px;
  }

  .task-chip-grid {
    grid-template-columns: 1fr;
  }

  .patram-note {
    grid-template-columns: 1fr;
  }

  .patram-note a {
    grid-column: auto;
  }
}

@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
  .about-visual *,
  .about-visual *::before,
  .about-visual *::after {
    scroll-behavior: auto !important;
    transition: none !important;
  }
}
