.start-page {
  background: var(--deep);
}

.start-hero {
  position: relative;
  min-height: min(780px, 100svh);
  overflow: hidden;
  isolation: isolate;
  border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(255, 255, 255, .14);
  background: var(--deep);
  padding: clamp(128px, 16vh, 168px) 0 clamp(72px, 9vh, 104px);
}

.start-hero-glow {
  position: absolute;
  top: -45%;
  right: -10%;
  z-index: -1;
  width: min(72vw, 980px);
  aspect-ratio: 1;
  background: radial-gradient(circle, rgba(92, 47, 27, .5) 0%, rgba(48, 30, 23, .24) 38%, rgba(14, 14, 14, 0) 70%);
  pointer-events: none;
  animation: startGlow 13s ease-in-out infinite alternate;
}

.start-hero-grid {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 1.28fr) minmax(320px, .72fr);
  gap: clamp(72px, 10vw, 152px);
  align-items: end;
}

.start-hero-copy .eyebrow {
  color: var(--muted);
}

.start-hero h1,
.route-guide h2,
.route-content h3,
.start-human h2 {
  margin: 0;
  font-family: var(--display);
  font-weight: 600;
  letter-spacing: -.045em;
  text-wrap: balance;
}

.start-hero h1 {
  max-width: 850px;
  margin-top: 30px;
  color: var(--cream-text);
  font-size: clamp(4.2rem, 8vw, 7.7rem);
  line-height: .91;
}

.start-hero h1 em {
  display: inline-block;
  padding-bottom: .08em;
  color: var(--flame);
  font-style: italic;
  font-weight: 600;
  line-height: 1.06;
}

.start-hero-copy > p {
  max-width: 610px;
  margin: 30px 0 0;
  color: var(--muted);
  font-size: clamp(1.04rem, 1.4vw, 1.22rem);
  line-height: 1.55;
  text-wrap: pretty;
}

.start-compass {
  border-top: 1px solid rgba(255, 255, 255, .5);
  border-bottom: 1px solid var(--dark-border);
}

.start-compass > p {
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0 0 22px;
  color: var(--muted);
  font-family: var(--mono);
  font-size: 10px;
  font-weight: 600;
  letter-spacing: .11em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
}

.start-compass a {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: 1fr auto;
  gap: 24px;
  align-items: center;
  min-height: 78px;
  border-top: 1px solid var(--dark-border);
  color: var(--cream-text);
  font-family: var(--display);
  font-size: clamp(1.05rem, 1.45vw, 1.28rem);
  font-weight: 600;
  letter-spacing: -.02em;
  transition: color 220ms ease-out, padding 260ms var(--ease);
}

.start-compass a:first-of-type {
  border-top-color: transparent;
}

.start-compass a span:last-child {
  color: var(--flame);
  font-family: var(--mono);
  font-size: .9rem;
  transition: transform 260ms var(--ease);
}

.start-compass a:hover,
.start-compass a:focus-visible {
  padding-left: 10px;
  color: var(--white);
}

.start-compass a:hover span:last-child,
.start-compass a:focus-visible span:last-child {
  transform: translate(3px, 3px);
}

.start-paths {
  padding: clamp(96px, 11vw, 148px) 0 clamp(112px, 13vw, 176px);
}

.paths-grid {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: minmax(260px, .72fr) minmax(0, 1.28fr);
  gap: clamp(64px, 10vw, 152px);
  align-items: start;
}

.route-guide-sticky {
  position: sticky;
  top: 132px;
}

.route-guide h2 {
  max-width: 360px;
  color: var(--ink);
  font-size: clamp(3rem, 5vw, 5rem);
  line-height: .96;
}

.route-guide-sticky > p {
  max-width: 300px;
  margin: 24px 0 0;
  color: var(--graphite);
  font-size: 16px;
}

.route-guide-system {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: 30px 1fr;
  gap: 18px;
  align-items: start;
  margin-top: 54px;
}

.route-rail {
  position: relative;
  display: flex;
  width: 1px;
  height: 194px;
  flex-direction: column;
  justify-content: space-between;
  margin-left: 9px;
  background: #c9c9c9;
}

.route-tick {
  width: 13px;
  height: 1px;
  background: #969696;
  transform: translateX(-6px);
}

.route-marker {
  position: absolute;
  top: -7px;
  left: -7px;
  width: 15px;
  height: 15px;
  border: 4px solid var(--white);
  border-radius: 50%;
  background: var(--flame);
  box-shadow: 0 0 0 1px var(--flame);
  transform: translateY(calc(var(--active-route, 0) * 97px));
  transition: transform 520ms var(--ease);
}

.route-live {
  margin: -3px 0 0;
  color: var(--ink);
  font-family: var(--mono);
  font-size: 10px;
  font-weight: 600;
  letter-spacing: .1em;
  line-height: 1.45;
  text-transform: uppercase;
}

.route-list {
  border-top: 1px solid var(--ink);
}

.route-option {
  position: relative;
  display: grid;
  min-height: 520px;
  grid-template-columns: minmax(150px, .42fr) minmax(0, 1fr);
  grid-template-rows: auto 1fr auto;
  gap: 48px clamp(36px, 6vw, 84px);
  border-bottom: 1px solid var(--light-border);
  padding: clamp(42px, 6vw, 74px) 0;
}

.route-option::before {
  position: absolute;
  top: -1px;
  left: 0;
  width: 0;
  height: 2px;
  background: var(--flame);
  content: '';
  transition: width 520ms var(--ease);
}

.route-option.is-active::before,
.route-option:hover::before,
.route-option:focus-within::before {
  width: 100%;
}

.route-meta {
  grid-row: 1 / 3;
}

.route-meta p {
  max-width: 180px;
  margin: 0;
  color: var(--ink);
  font-size: 14px;
  font-weight: 600;
  line-height: 1.45;
}

.route-meta span,
.route-outcome > span {
  display: block;
  color: #737373;
  font-family: var(--mono);
  font-size: 9px;
  font-weight: 600;
  letter-spacing: .12em;
  line-height: 1.4;
  text-transform: uppercase;
}

.route-meta span {
  margin-top: 14px;
}

.route-content h3 {
  max-width: 640px;
  color: var(--ink);
  font-size: clamp(2.25rem, 4.2vw, 4.35rem);
  line-height: .98;
}

.route-content > p {
  max-width: 610px;
  margin: 24px 0 0;
  color: var(--graphite);
  font-size: clamp(1rem, 1.25vw, 1.12rem);
  line-height: 1.6;
  text-wrap: pretty;
}

.route-outcome {
  align-self: end;
}

.route-outcome strong {
  display: block;
  margin-top: 10px;
  color: var(--ink);
  font-family: var(--display);
  font-size: clamp(1.3rem, 2vw, 1.9rem);
  font-weight: 600;
  letter-spacing: -.025em;
  line-height: 1.2;
}

.route-action {
  display: inline-flex;
  grid-column: 2;
  min-height: 46px;
  align-items: center;
  align-self: end;
  justify-self: end;
  gap: 12px;
  border-bottom: 1px solid var(--ink);
  color: var(--ink);
  font-size: 14px;
  font-weight: 700;
  white-space: nowrap;
  transition: border-color 220ms ease-out, color 220ms ease-out;
}

.route-action span {
  color: var(--flame);
  font-family: var(--mono);
  transition: transform 240ms var(--ease);
}

.route-action:hover,
.route-action:focus-visible {
  border-color: var(--flame);
  color: var(--flame);
}

.route-action:hover span,
.route-action:focus-visible span {
  transform: translateX(4px);
}

.proof-notes {
  display: flex;
  flex-wrap: wrap;
  gap: 10px 20px;
  margin-top: 10px;
}

.proof-notes strong {
  margin: 0;
  font-size: clamp(1rem, 1.5vw, 1.3rem);
}

.start-human {
  padding: clamp(100px, 12vw, 160px) 0;
}

.human-grid {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 1.2fr) minmax(340px, .8fr);
  gap: clamp(64px, 11vw, 160px);
  align-items: end;
}

.start-human h2 {
  color: var(--cream-text);
  font-size: clamp(4rem, 8vw, 8rem);
  line-height: .9;
}

.human-grid > div > p {
  max-width: 520px;
  margin: 0 0 30px;
  color: var(--muted);
  font-size: clamp(1.04rem, 1.35vw, 1.18rem);
  line-height: 1.6;
}

.human-note {
  display: block;
  margin-top: 18px;
  color: #85817e;
  font-family: var(--mono);
  font-size: 9px;
  font-weight: 600;
  letter-spacing: .09em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
}

@keyframes startGlow {
  from { opacity: .82; transform: translate(-2%, -1%) scale(.96); }
  to { opacity: 1; transform: translate(2%, 3%) scale(1.04); }
}

@media (max-width: 959px) {
  .start-hero {
    min-height: 0;
    padding: 132px 0 76px;
  }

  .start-hero-grid,
  .paths-grid,
  .human-grid {
    grid-template-columns: 1fr;
  }

  .start-hero-grid {
    gap: 62px;
  }

  .start-hero h1 {
    max-width: 760px;
  }

  .start-compass {
    max-width: 620px;
  }

  .paths-grid {
    gap: 64px;
  }

  .route-guide-sticky {
    position: static;
  }

  .route-guide-system {
    display: none;
  }

  .route-option {
    min-height: 460px;
  }

  .human-grid {
    gap: 52px;
  }
}

@media (max-width: 640px) {
  .start-hero {
    padding: 118px 0 58px;
  }

  .start-hero-glow {
    top: -9%;
    right: -68%;
    width: 150vw;
  }

  .start-hero-grid {
    gap: 50px;
  }

  .start-hero h1 {
    margin-top: 22px;
    font-size: clamp(3.25rem, 16.6vw, 4.35rem);
  }

  .start-hero-copy > p {
    margin-top: 22px;
    font-size: 16px;
  }

  .start-compass a {
    min-height: 66px;
    font-size: 16px;
  }

  .start-paths {
    padding: 78px 0 100px;
  }

  .paths-grid {
    gap: 46px;
  }

  .route-guide h2 {
    font-size: 3.35rem;
  }

  .route-guide-sticky > p {
    margin-top: 18px;
  }

  .route-option {
    min-height: 0;
    grid-template-columns: 1fr;
    grid-template-rows: auto;
    gap: 32px;
    padding: 42px 0 48px;
  }

  .route-meta {
    grid-row: auto;
  }

  .route-content h3 {
    font-size: clamp(2.4rem, 12vw, 3.2rem);
  }

  .route-content > p {
    margin-top: 18px;
    font-size: 16px;
  }

  .route-action {
    grid-column: 1;
    justify-self: start;
  }

  .proof-notes {
    display: grid;
    gap: 8px;
  }

  .start-human {
    padding: 86px 0 94px;
  }

  .human-grid {
    gap: 40px;
  }

  .start-human h2 {
    max-width: 340px;
    font-size: clamp(3.6rem, 18vw, 4.8rem);
  }
}

@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
  .start-hero-glow {
    animation: none !important;
  }

  .route-marker,
  .route-option::before,
  .start-compass a,
  .start-compass a span:last-child,
  .route-action span {
    transition-duration: .01ms !important;
  }
}