@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=DM+Sans:wght@400;500;700;800&family=Spectral:ital,wght@0,400;0,700;0,900;1,400;1,700&family=JetBrains+Mono:wght@400;500&display=swap');

/* ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
   ZERO — design tokens (from prototype)
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:root{
  --bg:#14171c;--s1:#1e2230;--s2:#2a2d35;--s3:#33374a;
  --bdr:rgba(255,255,255,.08);--bdr2:rgba(255,255,255,.14);
  --t:#ffffff;--td:rgba(255,255,255,.72);--tm:rgba(255,255,255,.42);
  --acc:#F2D849;--accd:#C4956A;
  --red:#C4956A;--warm:#C4956A;--cool:#508BB9;--slate:#8e95a3;
  --wrap:760px;--wide:1020px;
}
*{margin:0;padding:0;box-sizing:border-box}
html{scroll-behavior:smooth}
body{
  background:var(--bg);color:var(--t);
  font-family:'DM Sans','Segoe UI',sans-serif;line-height:1.6;
  -webkit-font-smoothing:antialiased;-moz-osx-font-smoothing:grayscale;
  overflow-x:hidden;
}
a{color:inherit;text-decoration:none}
img{max-width:100%;height:auto;display:block}
.serif{font-family:'Spectral',Georgia,serif}
.mono{font-family:'JetBrains Mono',monospace}

/* ━━━ AMBIENT BACKGROUND (geometric dot field + grain, parallax on scroll) ━━━ */
.zero-bg{position:fixed;inset:0;z-index:0;pointer-events:none;overflow:hidden;background:#14171C}
.zero-bg::before{content:'';position:absolute;inset:0;
  background:
    radial-gradient(ellipse 55% 45% at 50% 8%, rgba(242,216,73,.045), transparent 62%),
    radial-gradient(ellipse 45% 45% at 88% 82%, rgba(196,149,106,.04), transparent 60%);}
.zero-dots{position:absolute;inset:-8% 0;width:100%;height:116%;
  background-image:url("data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A//www.w3.org/2000/svg%27%20width%3D%27170%27%20height%3D%27170%27%3E%3Ccircle%20cx%3D%2724%27%20cy%3D%2738%27%20r%3D%271.2%27%20fill%3D%27%23ffffff%27%20fill-opacity%3D%270.13%27/%3E%3Ccircle%20cx%3D%27104%27%20cy%3D%2720%27%20r%3D%271.0%27%20fill%3D%27%23ffffff%27%20fill-opacity%3D%270.11%27/%3E%3Ccircle%20cx%3D%27150%27%20cy%3D%2796%27%20r%3D%271.3%27%20fill%3D%27%23ffffff%27%20fill-opacity%3D%270.13%27/%3E%3Ccircle%20cx%3D%2766%27%20cy%3D%27128%27%20r%3D%271.1%27%20fill%3D%27%23ffffff%27%20fill-opacity%3D%270.12%27/%3E%3Ccircle%20cx%3D%27128%27%20cy%3D%27150%27%20r%3D%271.0%27%20fill%3D%27%23ffffff%27%20fill-opacity%3D%270.10%27/%3E%3C/svg%3E"),url("data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A//www.w3.org/2000/svg%27%20width%3D%27240%27%20height%3D%27240%27%3E%3Ccircle%20cx%3D%2744%27%20cy%3D%2764%27%20r%3D%272.0%27%20fill%3D%27%23ffffff%27%20fill-opacity%3D%270.18%27/%3E%3Ccircle%20cx%3D%27188%27%20cy%3D%27104%27%20r%3D%271.6%27%20fill%3D%27%23ffffff%27%20fill-opacity%3D%270.15%27/%3E%3Ccircle%20cx%3D%27118%27%20cy%3D%27196%27%20r%3D%272.3%27%20fill%3D%27%23F2D849%27%20fill-opacity%3D%270.34%27/%3E%3Ccircle%20cx%3D%27210%27%20cy%3D%27208%27%20r%3D%271.5%27%20fill%3D%27%23ffffff%27%20fill-opacity%3D%270.14%27/%3E%3Ccircle%20cx%3D%2730%27%20cy%3D%27176%27%20r%3D%271.4%27%20fill%3D%27%23ffffff%27%20fill-opacity%3D%270.13%27/%3E%3C/svg%3E");
  background-repeat:repeat,repeat;
  background-size:170px 170px,240px 240px;
  background-position:0 0,60px 90px;
  will-change:background-position}
.zero-bg::after{content:'';position:absolute;inset:0;opacity:.04;
  background-image:url("data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg viewBox='0 0 256 256' xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%3E%3Cfilter id='n'%3E%3CfeTurbulence type='fractalNoise' baseFrequency='0.65' numOctaves='4' stitchTiles='stitch'/%3E%3C/filter%3E%3Crect width='100%25' height='100%25' filter='url(%23n)' opacity='1'/%3E%3C/svg%3E");
  background-repeat:repeat;background-size:256px 256px}
@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce){.zero-dots{transition:none}}

/* ━━━ NAV ━━━ */
.nav-wrap{position:fixed;top:14px;left:50%;transform:translateX(-50%);z-index:300;width:calc(100% - 32px);max-width:1060px}
nav.zero-nav{
  height:50px;background:rgba(20,23,28,.85);
  backdrop-filter:blur(20px);-webkit-backdrop-filter:blur(20px);
  border-radius:999px;border:1px solid rgba(255,255,255,.10);
  display:flex;align-items:center;padding:0 14px 0 20px;
}
.zero-nav .logo{display:flex;align-items:center;gap:10px;margin-right:auto}
.zero-nav .brand-logo{height:16px;width:auto;display:block}
.zero-nav .brand-zero{font-weight:800;font-size:12px;letter-spacing:.2em;text-transform:uppercase;color:var(--acc)}
.zero-nav .nav-items{display:flex;align-items:center;gap:2px}
.zero-nav .nav-item{font-size:12px;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:.01em;padding:7px 13px;border-radius:999px;color:rgba(255,255,255,.72);transition:all .2s;white-space:nowrap}
.zero-nav .nav-item:hover{color:#fff;background:rgba(255,255,255,.08)}
.zero-nav .nav-item.active{color:var(--acc);background:rgba(255,255,255,.08)}
.zero-nav .nav-cta{background:var(--acc);color:var(--bg);font-weight:700;font-size:11px;letter-spacing:.04em;padding:6px 15px;border-radius:999px;transition:all .2s;white-space:nowrap}
.zero-nav .nav-cta:hover{background:#e6cb3a;transform:translateY(-1px)}
.nav-toggle{display:none}

/* ━━━ LAYOUT ━━━ */
.main{padding-top:96px;min-height:70vh;position:relative;z-index:1}
.pi{max-width:var(--wrap);margin:0 auto;padding:0 32px 100px}
.pw{max-width:var(--wide);margin:0 auto;padding:0 32px 100px}
.label{font-size:10px;font-weight:800;letter-spacing:.16em;text-transform:uppercase;color:var(--acc);margin-bottom:6px}

/* ━━━ SITE HERO ━━━ */
.site-hero{max-width:var(--wide);margin:0 auto;padding:44px 32px 28px;text-align:center}
.site-hero .hero-lockup{display:flex;align-items:center;justify-content:center;gap:clamp(12px,2.2vw,24px);margin-bottom:22px;flex-wrap:wrap}
.site-hero .hero-logo{height:clamp(28px,4.6vw,50px);width:auto;display:block}
.site-hero .hero-zero{font-family:'DM Sans','Segoe UI',sans-serif;font-weight:800;font-size:clamp(28px,4.6vw,50px);letter-spacing:.2em;text-transform:uppercase;color:var(--acc);line-height:1}
.hero-lede{font-family:'Spectral',serif;font-size:clamp(19px,2.4vw,23px);font-style:italic;color:var(--t);max-width:640px;margin:0 auto;line-height:1.5}
.hero-explainer{font-size:16px;color:var(--td);max-width:660px;margin:20px auto 0;line-height:1.72}
.hero-cta{display:flex;flex-direction:column;align-items:center;gap:12px;margin-top:30px}
.hero-cta-note{font-family:'JetBrains Mono',monospace;font-size:11px;letter-spacing:.06em;color:var(--tm)}
.hero-rule{max-width:var(--wide);margin:38px auto 0;height:1px;background:var(--bdr)}

/* ━━━ 3-STEP PROCESS ━━━ */
.zero-process{position:relative;max-width:840px;margin:46px auto 0;padding:0 32px;display:grid;grid-template-columns:repeat(3,1fr);gap:28px}
.proc-line{position:absolute;top:33px;left:16.66%;right:16.66%;height:1px;background:var(--bdr2);z-index:0}
.pstep{position:relative;z-index:1;text-align:center}
.pcircle{width:66px;height:66px;margin:0 auto 18px;border-radius:50%;border:1.5px solid var(--accd);background:var(--bg);color:var(--acc);font-family:'JetBrains Mono',monospace;font-size:17px;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:.03em;display:flex;align-items:center;justify-content:center;box-shadow:0 0 0 6px var(--bg)}
.ptitle{font-family:'Spectral',serif;font-size:19px;font-weight:700;color:var(--t);margin-bottom:9px;letter-spacing:.005em}
.pdesc{font-size:13.5px;color:var(--tm);line-height:1.55;max-width:230px;margin:0 auto}
.hero-cta{margin-top:46px}

/* ━━━ POST CARD GRID ━━━ */
.home-section{max-width:var(--wide);margin:0 auto;padding:58px 32px 44px}
.section-label{font-family:'JetBrains Mono',monospace;font-size:11px;font-weight:600;letter-spacing:.22em;text-transform:uppercase;color:var(--tm);margin-bottom:22px;display:flex;align-items:center;gap:12px}
.section-label::before{content:'';width:18px;height:1px;background:var(--acc)}
.cg{display:grid;grid-template-columns:repeat(auto-fill,minmax(300px,1fr));gap:20px}
.card{background:var(--s1);border:1px solid var(--bdr);border-radius:12px;overflow:hidden;transition:border-color .3s,transform .3s;display:flex;flex-direction:column}
.card:hover{border-color:var(--acc);transform:translateY(-3px)}
.card-img{aspect-ratio:16/9;background:linear-gradient(135deg,var(--s2),var(--s3));overflow:hidden}
.card-img img{width:100%;height:100%;object-fit:cover}
.card-body{padding:24px;display:flex;flex-direction:column;flex:1}
.card .num{font-family:'JetBrains Mono',monospace;font-size:11px;color:var(--acc);margin-bottom:10px}
.card h2{font-family:'Spectral',serif;font-size:22px;font-weight:900;line-height:1.18;margin-bottom:10px}
.card .excerpt{font-size:14px;color:var(--td);line-height:1.6;margin-bottom:18px;flex:1}
.card .meta{font-family:'JetBrains Mono',monospace;font-size:11px;color:var(--tm);display:flex;gap:10px;align-items:center}
.card .meta .dot{width:3px;height:3px;border-radius:50%;background:var(--tm)}
.card-eyebrow{display:flex;align-items:center;gap:10px;margin-bottom:13px;flex-wrap:wrap}
.card-num{font-family:'JetBrains Mono',monospace;background:var(--acc);color:var(--bg);font-size:10px;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:.08em;padding:3px 9px;border-radius:4px}
.card-tag{font-family:'JetBrains Mono',monospace;font-size:10px;font-weight:600;letter-spacing:.15em;text-transform:uppercase;color:var(--accd)}
.card h2 .ht-em{font-style:italic;color:var(--acc);font-weight:inherit}
.coming-soon .cg{margin-top:0}
.card-soon{background:transparent;border:1px dashed var(--bdr2);box-shadow:none}
.card-soon:hover{border-color:var(--bdr2);transform:none}
.card-soon .card-body{padding:24px;opacity:.78}
.card-soon h2{color:var(--td)}
.card-soon .excerpt{margin-bottom:18px}
.cs-badge{align-self:flex-start;font-family:'JetBrains Mono',monospace;font-size:10px;font-weight:600;letter-spacing:.14em;text-transform:uppercase;color:var(--accd);border:1px solid var(--bdr2);border-radius:999px;padding:4px 11px}

/* ━━━ POST PAGE ━━━ */
.post-head{max-width:var(--wrap);margin:0 auto;padding:8px 32px 0;text-align:center}
.post-head .label{display:block}
.post-head h1{font-family:'Spectral',serif;font-size:clamp(34px,5vw,56px);font-weight:900;line-height:1.08;margin-bottom:18px}
.post-head h1 em{font-style:italic;color:var(--acc)}
.post-head .post-meta{font-family:'JetBrains Mono',monospace;font-size:12px;color:var(--tm);display:flex;gap:10px;justify-content:center;align-items:center;margin-bottom:28px}
.post-feature{max-width:var(--wide);margin:0 auto 12px;padding:24px 32px 0}
.post-feature img{width:100%;border-radius:14px;border:1px solid var(--bdr)}

/* prose — styles Ghost {{content}} output to match the prototype */
.gh-content{max-width:var(--wrap);margin:0 auto;padding:40px 32px 90px}
.gh-content > *{margin-bottom:18px}
.gh-content p{font-size:17px;line-height:1.78;color:var(--td)}
.gh-content p strong{color:var(--t);font-weight:600}
.gh-content h2{font-family:'Spectral',serif;font-size:clamp(24px,3vw,34px);font-weight:900;line-height:1.15;margin:48px 0 18px;color:var(--t)}
.gh-content h3{font-size:19px;font-weight:700;margin:32px 0 12px;color:var(--t)}
.gh-content h2 em,.gh-content h3 em{color:var(--acc);font-style:italic}
.gh-content a{color:var(--acc);text-decoration:underline;text-underline-offset:2px;text-decoration-color:rgba(242,216,73,.4)}
.gh-content ul,.gh-content ol{padding-left:24px;color:var(--td)}
.gh-content li{font-size:17px;line-height:1.7;margin-bottom:8px}
.gh-content blockquote{margin:32px 0;padding:24px 32px;border-left:3px solid var(--acc);background:var(--s1);border-radius:0 8px 8px 0}
.gh-content blockquote p{font-family:'Spectral',serif;font-size:20px;font-style:italic;color:var(--t);line-height:1.5;margin:0}
.gh-content img{border-radius:10px;border:1px solid var(--bdr);margin:32px auto}
.gh-content hr{border:none;height:1px;background:var(--bdr);margin:40px 0}
.gh-content figcaption{font-size:12px;color:var(--tm);text-align:center;margin-top:8px}
.gh-content code{font-family:'JetBrains Mono',monospace;font-size:14px;background:var(--s2);padding:2px 6px;border-radius:4px;color:var(--accd)}
.gh-content pre{background:var(--s1);border:1px solid var(--bdr);border-radius:10px;padding:20px;overflow-x:auto;font-family:'JetBrains Mono',monospace;font-size:13px}
.gh-content pre code{background:none;padding:0;color:var(--td)}
/* Koenig editor cards (required by Ghost) */
.gh-content .kg-card{margin:32px 0}
.kg-width-wide{position:relative;width:100%;max-width:1020px;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto}
.kg-width-full{position:relative;width:100vw;left:50%;right:50%;margin-left:-50vw;margin-right:-50vw}
.kg-width-full img{border-radius:0;width:100%}
.kg-image{margin:0 auto}
.kg-gallery-container{display:flex;flex-direction:column;margin:0 auto}
.kg-gallery-row{display:flex;flex-direction:row;justify-content:center}
.kg-gallery-image img{width:100%;height:100%;margin:0}

/* ━━━ MEMBER GATE (Ghost native) ━━━ */
.gh-cta{max-width:var(--wrap);margin:0 auto 90px;padding:0 32px}
.gh-cta-inner{background:linear-gradient(180deg,rgba(242,216,73,.05),var(--s1) 40%);border:1px solid var(--acc);border-radius:14px;padding:40px;text-align:center}
.gh-cta-inner h3{font-family:'Spectral',serif;font-size:26px;font-weight:900;margin-bottom:10px}
.gh-cta-inner p{font-size:15px;color:var(--td);max-width:440px;margin:0 auto 22px}
.btn{display:inline-block;background:var(--acc);color:var(--bg);font-weight:800;font-size:14px;padding:13px 30px;border-radius:8px;border:none;cursor:pointer;transition:all .2s}
.btn:hover{background:#e6cb3a;transform:translateY(-1px)}
.btn-ghost{background:var(--s2);color:var(--t);border:1px solid var(--bdr)}
.btn-ghost:hover{border-color:var(--acc);color:var(--acc);background:var(--s2)}

/* ━━━ PAGINATION ━━━ */
.pagination{max-width:var(--wide);margin:0 auto;padding:0 32px 80px;display:flex;justify-content:space-between;align-items:center;gap:16px}
.pagination a,.pagination .page-number{font-family:'JetBrains Mono',monospace;font-size:12px;color:var(--td)}
.pagination a{padding:10px 20px;border:1px solid var(--bdr);border-radius:999px;transition:all .2s}
.pagination a:hover{border-color:var(--acc);color:var(--acc)}

/* ━━━ FOOTER ━━━ */
.zero-foot{position:relative;z-index:1;padding:28px 32px;border-top:1px solid var(--bdr);text-align:center;font-size:11px;color:var(--tm);font-family:'JetBrains Mono',monospace;letter-spacing:.04em;background:rgba(20,23,28,.6)}
.zero-foot a{color:var(--td)}
.zero-foot a:hover{color:var(--acc)}

/* ━━━ EPISODE CHAPTER RAIL ━━━ */
.episode{position:relative}
.ep-kicker{display:flex;align-items:center;gap:13px;flex-wrap:wrap;margin-bottom:22px}
.ep-num{font-family:'JetBrains Mono',monospace;background:var(--acc);color:var(--bg);font-size:11px;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:.1em;padding:4px 11px;border-radius:5px;white-space:nowrap}
.ep-section{font-family:'JetBrains Mono',monospace;font-size:11px;font-weight:600;letter-spacing:.16em;text-transform:uppercase;color:var(--td)}
.ep-date{font-family:'JetBrains Mono',monospace;font-size:12px;color:var(--tm)}
.ep-members{font-family:'JetBrains Mono',monospace;font-size:11px;color:var(--accd);text-transform:uppercase;letter-spacing:.08em}
.ep-title{font-family:'Spectral',serif;font-size:clamp(34px,5.2vw,60px);font-weight:900;line-height:1.04;letter-spacing:-.01em;margin-bottom:22px}
.ep-title .ht-em{font-style:italic;color:var(--acc);font-weight:900}
.ep-standfirst{font-size:18px;line-height:1.62;color:var(--td);margin-bottom:4px;max-width:640px}
.ep-rail{position:fixed;top:80px;left:0;bottom:0;width:240px;z-index:5;
  background:linear-gradient(180deg,rgba(30,34,48,.5),rgba(20,23,28,.5));
  backdrop-filter:blur(10px);-webkit-backdrop-filter:blur(10px);
  border-right:1px solid var(--bdr);
  display:flex;flex-direction:column;padding:28px 0 22px;overflow-y:auto}
.ep-rail__head{padding:0 26px 18px;margin-bottom:4px;border-bottom:1px solid var(--bdr)}
.ep-rail__label{font-family:'JetBrains Mono',monospace;font-size:9.5px;font-weight:600;letter-spacing:.24em;text-transform:uppercase;color:var(--tm);margin-bottom:14px}
.ep-rail__ep{font-family:'JetBrains Mono',monospace;font-size:10px;font-weight:500;letter-spacing:.18em;text-transform:uppercase;color:var(--accd);margin-bottom:9px}
.ep-rail__title{font-size:13.5px;font-weight:700;color:var(--acc);line-height:1.38;letter-spacing:.005em}
.ep-rail__steps{position:relative;flex:1;display:flex;flex-direction:column;padding:18px 22px 14px 24px}
/* the spine + reading progress */
.ep-rail__steps::before{content:'';position:absolute;left:29px;top:18px;bottom:14px;width:1px;background:var(--bdr2)}
.ep-rail__progress{position:absolute;left:29px;top:18px;width:1px;height:0;
  background:linear-gradient(180deg,var(--acc),var(--accd));
  box-shadow:0 0 8px rgba(242,216,73,.45);
  transition:height .5s cubic-bezier(.4,0,.2,1)}
.ep-step{position:relative;display:flex;align-items:center;gap:14px;padding:12px 0;border-radius:8px;cursor:pointer;transition:background .15s}
.ep-step:hover{background:rgba(255,255,255,.035)}
.ep-step__dot{position:relative;z-index:1;width:11px;height:11px;flex-shrink:0;border-radius:50%;
  border:1.5px solid var(--slate);background:var(--bg);transition:all .35s cubic-bezier(.4,0,.2,1)}
.ep-step__idx{font-family:'JetBrains Mono',monospace;font-size:10px;font-weight:500;color:var(--tm);width:15px;flex-shrink:0;transition:color .3s}
.ep-step__name{font-size:12.5px;font-weight:500;color:var(--td);line-height:1.3;
  white-space:nowrap;overflow:hidden;text-overflow:ellipsis;transition:color .3s}
.ep-step--past .ep-step__dot{background:var(--accd);border-color:var(--accd)}
.ep-step--past .ep-step__idx{color:var(--td)}
.ep-step--past .ep-step__name{color:var(--td)}
.ep-step--on .ep-step__dot{background:var(--acc);border-color:var(--acc);transform:scale(1.18);
  box-shadow:0 0 0 4px rgba(242,216,73,.10),0 0 16px rgba(242,216,73,.4)}
.ep-step--on .ep-step__idx{color:var(--acc)}
.ep-step--on .ep-step__name{color:var(--acc);font-weight:700}
.ep-main{margin:0 auto;max-width:768px;padding:8px 24px 0}
.ep-main .gh-content,.ep-main .post-head,.ep-main .post-feature,.ep-main .gh-cta{max-width:none;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;padding-left:0;padding-right:0}
.ep-main .post-head{text-align:left}
@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce){
  .ep-step__dot,.ep-rail__progress{transition:none}
}
@media(max-width:1259px){
  .ep-rail{position:fixed;top:auto;left:0;right:0;bottom:0;width:auto;height:auto;z-index:50;
    flex-direction:column;border-right:none;border-top:1px solid var(--bdr);border-bottom:none;
    margin:0;padding:0;overflow:visible;
    background:rgba(20,23,28,.93);backdrop-filter:blur(12px);-webkit-backdrop-filter:blur(12px)}
  .ep-rail__head{display:none}
  .ep-rail__steps{flex-direction:row;overflow-x:auto;flex-wrap:nowrap;gap:8px;padding:11px 14px;-webkit-overflow-scrolling:touch}
  .ep-rail__steps::before,.ep-rail__progress{display:none}
  .ep-step{flex-shrink:0;flex-direction:row;align-items:center;gap:8px;padding:7px 13px;
    border:1px solid var(--bdr2);border-radius:999px;background:rgba(255,255,255,.02)}
  .ep-step__dot{width:8px;height:8px}
  .ep-step__name{display:block;max-width:150px;font-size:12px;white-space:nowrap;overflow:hidden;text-overflow:ellipsis}
  .ep-step--on{border-color:var(--acc);background:rgba(242,216,73,.09)}
  .ep-main{margin:0 auto;padding:0 20px 88px}
}

/* ━━━ RESPONSIVE ━━━ */
@media(max-width:680px){
  .zero-nav .nav-items{display:none}
  .zero-nav .nav-items.open{display:flex;position:absolute;top:60px;right:0;flex-direction:column;background:rgba(20,23,28,.97);border:1px solid var(--bdr);border-radius:14px;padding:10px;gap:4px;min-width:180px}
  .nav-toggle{display:block;background:none;border:none;color:var(--t);font-size:20px;cursor:pointer;margin-left:auto;padding:6px}
  .cg{grid-template-columns:1fr}
  .home-section{padding:32px 20px}
  .zero-process{grid-template-columns:1fr;gap:14px;margin-top:34px}
  .proc-line{display:none}
  .pstep{padding:6px 0}
  .pagination{padding:0 20px 40px}
  .pi,.pw,.gh-content,.post-head,.gh-cta{padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px}
}