:root {
    --cream: #faf8f3;
    --cream-2: #f3efe5;
    --ink: #1a1a1a;
    --ink-soft: #2a2722;
    --muted: #736853;
    --line: #d8d1c0;
    --gold: #c9a961;
    --gold-deep: #a88742;
    --gold-text: #7d6228;
  }
  * { box-sizing: border-box; }
  html, body { margin: 0; padding: 0; }
  :focus-visible { outline: 2px solid var(--gold-deep); outline-offset: 3px; }
  body {
    background: var(--cream);
    color: var(--ink);
    font-family: 'DM Sans', -apple-system, system-ui, sans-serif;
    font-size: 17px;
    line-height: 1.55;
    -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;
  }
  a { color: inherit; }
  .wrap { max-width: 720px; margin: 0 auto; padding: 0 36px; }

  .mono {
    font-family: 'DM Mono', ui-monospace, monospace;
    font-size: 11px;
    letter-spacing: .2em;
    text-transform: uppercase;
    color: var(--muted);
  }

  nav { padding: 28px 0 0; }
  nav .wrap { max-width: 1180px; padding: 0 36px; }
  nav .row { display: flex; justify-content: space-between; align-items: center; }
  .wordmark {
    font-family: 'DM Mono', ui-monospace, monospace;
    font-size: 12px;
    letter-spacing: .22em;
    text-transform: uppercase;
    color: var(--ink);
    text-decoration: none;
  }
  nav .back {
    font-family: 'DM Mono', ui-monospace, monospace;
    font-size: 12px;
    letter-spacing: .14em;
    text-transform: uppercase;
    color: var(--muted);
    text-decoration: none;
    display: inline-block;
    padding: 6px 0;
    transition: color .15s;
  }
  nav .back:hover { color: var(--ink); }

  header.story { padding: 90px 0 56px; }
  .kicker { margin-bottom: 24px; display: block; }
  h1 {
    font-family: 'Fraunces', Georgia, serif;
    font-weight: 300;
    font-size: clamp(44px, 7vw, 76px);
    line-height: 1.02;
    letter-spacing: -0.02em;
    margin: 0 0 24px;
  }
  h1 em { font-style: italic; font-weight: 400; color: var(--gold-deep); }
  .lede {
    font-size: 20px;
    line-height: 1.6;
    color: var(--ink-soft);
    margin: 0;
  }

  .facts {
    margin: 56px 0;
    border-top: 1px solid var(--line);
    border-bottom: 1px solid var(--line);
    padding: 24px 0;
    display: grid;
    grid-template-columns: repeat(3, 1fr);
    gap: 24px 32px;
  }
  .facts div { min-width: 0; }
  .facts .num {
    font-family: 'Fraunces', Georgia, serif;
    font-size: 28px;
    font-weight: 400;
    color: var(--ink);
    letter-spacing: -0.01em;
  }
  .facts .lbl {
    font-family: 'DM Mono', ui-monospace, monospace;
    font-size: 10px;
    letter-spacing: .16em;
    text-transform: uppercase;
    color: var(--muted);
    margin-top: 4px;
  }

  article { padding-bottom: 40px; }
  article h2 {
    font-family: 'Fraunces', Georgia, serif;
    font-weight: 400;
    font-size: 30px;
    letter-spacing: -0.012em;
    margin: 56px 0 18px;
  }
  article h2 em { font-style: italic; color: var(--gold-deep); }
  article p {
    margin: 0 0 20px;
    color: var(--ink-soft);
    max-width: 65ch;
  }
  article strong { color: var(--ink); font-weight: 500; }
  .pull {
    font-family: 'Fraunces', Georgia, serif;
    font-style: italic;
    font-size: 26px;
    line-height: 1.35;
    color: var(--gold-text);
    border-top: 1px solid var(--line);
    border-bottom: 1px solid var(--line);
    padding: 28px 0;
    margin: 44px 0;
    letter-spacing: -0.005em;
  }

  .sources {
    margin-top: 56px;
    padding-top: 20px;
    border-top: 1px solid var(--line);
    font-size: 13px;
    color: var(--muted);
    line-height: 1.7;
  }
  .sources a { color: var(--muted); }

  .next {
    margin: 64px 0 0;
    background: var(--cream-2);
    border-top: 1px solid var(--line);
    border-bottom: 1px solid var(--line);
    padding: 40px 0;
  }
  .next h3 {
    font-family: 'Fraunces', Georgia, serif;
    font-weight: 400;
    font-size: 26px;
    margin: 0 0 10px;
  }
  .next p { margin: 0; color: var(--ink-soft); }
  .next a {
    color: var(--ink);
    font-weight: 500;
    text-decoration: none;
    border-bottom: 1px solid var(--gold);
    padding-bottom: 1px;
  }

  footer { padding: 36px 0 48px; }
  .footer-row {
    display: flex;
    justify-content: space-between;
    font-family: 'DM Mono', ui-monospace, monospace;
    font-size: 11px;
    letter-spacing: .15em;
    text-transform: uppercase;
    color: var(--muted);
  }
  .footer-row a { color: var(--muted); text-decoration: none; display: inline-block; padding: 6px 0; }
  .footer-row a:hover { color: var(--ink); }

  @media (max-width: 700px) {
    .wrap { padding: 0 24px; }
    header.story { padding: 56px 0 40px; }
    .facts { grid-template-columns: repeat(2, 1fr); }
    .footer-row { flex-direction: column; gap: 8px; }
  }

/* Story header image banner */
.story-hero {
  width: 100%;
  background: var(--cream-2);
  border-bottom: 1px solid var(--line);
}
.story-hero img {
  display: block;
  width: 100%;
  height: clamp(170px, 30vw, 360px);
  object-fit: cover;
  object-position: center 45%;
}

/* Overlay hero: text lives on the image (full-bleed), background blends with image edge color */
.story-overlay {
  position: relative;
  isolation: isolate;
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  min-height: clamp(360px, 44vw, 540px);
  padding: 76px 0;
  background: var(--hero-edge, var(--cream));
  border-bottom: 1px solid var(--line);
  overflow: hidden;
}
.story-overlay__bg {
  position: absolute; top: 0; bottom: 0; right: clamp(16px, 4vw, 56px); left: auto;
  width: 54%; height: 100%;
  object-fit: contain; object-position: center; z-index: -1;
  /* Feather every edge so the image's own beige rectangle dissolves into the panel */
  -webkit-mask:
    linear-gradient(to right, transparent 0, #000 14%, #000 86%, transparent 100%),
    linear-gradient(to bottom, transparent 0, #000 24%, #000 76%, transparent 100%);
          mask:
    linear-gradient(to right, transparent 0, #000 14%, #000 86%, transparent 100%),
    linear-gradient(to bottom, transparent 0, #000 24%, #000 76%, transparent 100%);
  -webkit-mask-composite: source-in;
          mask-composite: intersect;
}
.story-overlay__scrim { display: none; }
.story-overlay .inner { width: 100%; max-width: 1180px; margin: 0 auto; padding: 0 36px; }
.story-overlay .kicker { display: block; max-width: none; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 28px; }
.story-overlay .col { max-width: 440px; position: relative; }
@media (max-width: 700px) {
  .story-overlay { display: block; min-height: 0; padding: 0; }
  .story-overlay__bg {
    position: relative; right: auto; width: 100%; height: clamp(190px, 54vw, 300px);
    object-fit: cover; object-position: center;
    -webkit-mask: none; mask: none;
  }
  nav .wrap { padding: 0 24px; }
  .story-overlay .inner { padding: 34px 24px 0; }
  .story-overlay .kicker { white-space: normal; }
  .story-overlay .col { max-width: none; }
}

/* Prev / next station nav */
.story-nav {
  max-width: 720px;
  margin: 0 auto;
  padding: 48px 36px 8px;
  display: flex;
  justify-content: space-between;
  gap: 24px;
}
.story-nav a {
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
  gap: 6px;
  text-decoration: none;
  color: var(--ink);
  max-width: 48%;
}
.story-nav__next { margin-left: auto; align-items: flex-end; text-align: right; }
.story-nav .lbl {
  font-family: 'DM Mono', ui-monospace, monospace;
  font-size: 11px; letter-spacing: .16em; text-transform: uppercase; color: var(--muted);
}
.story-nav .ttl {
  font-family: 'Fraunces', Georgia, serif; font-size: 19px; color: var(--ink);
  border-bottom: 1px solid var(--gold); padding-bottom: 2px;
}
.story-nav a:hover .ttl { border-color: var(--ink); }
@media (max-width: 600px) {
  .story-nav { flex-direction: column; gap: 18px; padding: 36px 24px 0; }
  .story-nav a { max-width: none; }
  .story-nav__next { margin-left: 0; align-items: flex-start; text-align: left; }
}