:root {
  --ink: #171a21;
  --paper: #efeadd;
  --paper-deep: #ded0b7;
  --night: #10141d;
  --night-2: #171e2c;
  --red: #ad313b;
  --red-bright: #d6555b;
  --blue: #4e698a;
  --gold: #d1ad62;
  --romania: #d6b45e;
  --muted: #777167;
  --line: rgba(23, 26, 33, .2);
  --serif: "Iowan Old Style", "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, Baskerville, Georgia, serif;
  --sans: Inter, ui-sans-serif, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", sans-serif;
}

* { box-sizing: border-box; }
html { scroll-behavior: smooth; background: var(--night); }
body { margin: 0; color: var(--ink); background: var(--paper); font-family: var(--serif); text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; }
img { display: block; width: 100%; }
a { color: inherit; text-underline-offset: .2em; }
h1, h2, h3, p, figure, blockquote { margin-top: 0; }

.reading-progress { position: fixed; z-index: 100; inset: 0 0 auto; height: 3px; background: rgba(255,255,255,.1); }
.reading-progress span { display: block; width: 0; height: 100%; background: var(--red-bright); }
.eyebrow, .section-kicker, .track-label, .epoch-date, figcaption, .begin, .footer-note { font-family: var(--sans); letter-spacing: .16em; text-transform: uppercase; }

.hero { position: relative; height: 100svh; min-height: 40rem; overflow: hidden; display: grid; place-items: center; color: #faf4e7; background: var(--night); }
.hero-half { position: absolute; inset: 0 50% 0 0; background-position: center; background-size: cover; filter: saturate(.78) contrast(1.08); }
.hero-half--france { background-image: url("./assets/lamartine-1848.webp"); }
.hero-half--romania { inset: 0 0 0 50%; background-image: url("./assets/calea-victoriei-1900.webp"); }
.hero-wash { position: absolute; inset: 0; background: linear-gradient(90deg, rgba(7,10,15,.7), rgba(7,10,15,.36) 48%, rgba(7,10,15,.62)), linear-gradient(0deg, rgba(7,10,15,.83), transparent 54%, rgba(7,10,15,.38)); }
.hero-content { position: relative; z-index: 2; width: min(1210px, calc(100% - 48px)); margin: auto; padding: clamp(2.5rem, 6vh, 4.5rem) 0 clamp(4.5rem, 9vh, 6.5rem); }
.eyebrow { margin: 0 0 1.3rem; color: #e6cb91; font-size: .68rem; font-weight: 700; }
.hero-route { display: flex; align-items: center; gap: .65rem; margin-bottom: 1.2rem; color: rgba(255,255,255,.82); font: 700 .62rem/1 var(--sans); letter-spacing: .16em; text-transform: uppercase; }
.hero-route i { width: clamp(2rem, 7vw, 5rem); height: 1px; background: var(--red-bright); }
h1 { max-width: 1120px; margin-bottom: 1.25rem; font-size: clamp(3.4rem, 7vw, 7.15rem); font-weight: 400; line-height: .88; letter-spacing: -.06em; text-wrap: balance; }
h1 em { color: #e4c98d; font-weight: 400; }
.hero-title-fr { max-width: 830px; margin: -.35rem 0 1.2rem clamp(.2rem, 4vw, 3rem); color: #dfc385; font-size: clamp(1rem, 1.45vw, 1.2rem); font-style: italic; line-height: 1.4; }
.hero-deck { max-width: 650px; margin: 0 0 0 clamp(.3rem, 9vw, 7rem); font-size: clamp(1.05rem, 1.55vw, 1.32rem); line-height: 1.42; }
.hero-deck--fr { margin-top: .45rem; color: #d9d0ba; font-size: clamp(.84rem, 1.15vw, .98rem); font-style: italic; line-height: 1.4; }
.begin { position: absolute; z-index: 3; bottom: 2rem; left: 2rem; display: flex; gap: .8rem; align-items: center; color: white; font-size: .62rem; font-weight: 750; text-decoration: none; }
.begin span { color: var(--red-bright); font-size: 1rem; }

.frontier-map { position: relative; min-height: 100svh; display: grid; align-items: center; padding: clamp(4.5rem, 9vh, 7rem) max(1.5rem, 7vw); overflow: hidden; color: #f5eee2; background: #121925; }
.frontier-map::before { content: ""; position: absolute; inset: 0; background: linear-gradient(90deg, rgba(10,15,23,.96) 0%, rgba(10,15,23,.82) 43%, rgba(10,15,23,.28) 76%, rgba(10,15,23,.48)), linear-gradient(0deg, rgba(10,15,23,.56), transparent 55%); z-index: 1; }
.frontier-copy { position: relative; z-index: 2; width: min(670px, 58%); }
.frontier-copy .section-kicker { color: #e5c779; }
.frontier-copy h2 { margin-bottom: 1.15rem; color: #f6f0e4; font-size: clamp(3.1rem, 5.4vw, 6.2rem); line-height: .91; }
.frontier-copy p { max-width: 610px; margin-bottom: .8rem; color: #e0dacf; font-size: clamp(1rem, 1.35vw, 1.18rem); line-height: 1.55; }
.frontier-copy .fr-echo { color: var(--fr-ink); }
.empire-key { width: min(560px, 100%); margin: 1.7rem 0 0; padding: .9rem 0; display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(3, 1fr); gap: .7rem; border-block: 1px solid rgba(255,255,255,.22); list-style: none; color: #d4cec3; font: .66rem/1.5 var(--sans); letter-spacing: .06em; text-transform: uppercase; }
.empire-key li { display: grid; gap: .12rem; }
.empire-key b { color: #e9c977; font-size: .58rem; letter-spacing: .13em; }
.frontier-figure { position: absolute; z-index: 0; inset: 0; margin: 0; transform: none; }
.frontier-figure img { width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0; object-fit: cover; object-position: 55% center; filter: sepia(.5) saturate(.62) contrast(1.05); }
.frontier-figure figcaption { position: absolute; z-index: 2; right: max(1.5rem, 7vw); bottom: 1.5rem; max-width: 310px; margin: 0; color: rgba(246,238,225,.68); text-align: right; }

.opening, .language-section, .pressure { position: relative; padding: clamp(7rem, 13vw, 13rem) max(1.5rem, 6vw); overflow: hidden; }
.opening { padding-block: clamp(3.75rem, 6vh, 5rem); }
.opening { min-height: 100svh; display: grid; align-content: center; background: linear-gradient(90deg, rgba(239,234,221,.97) 0%, rgba(239,234,221,.93) 42%, rgba(239,234,221,.78) 100%), url("./assets/paris-boulevard-1838.webp") center / cover no-repeat, var(--paper); }
.opening::before { content: ""; position: absolute; inset: 2.2rem max(1.5rem, 6vw); pointer-events: none; border-block: 1px solid rgba(23,26,33,.12); }
.section-kicker { margin-bottom: 1.4rem; color: var(--red); font-size: .68rem; font-weight: 750; }
.opening > .section-kicker, .opening > h2 { width: min(1000px, 100%); margin-inline: auto; text-align: center; }
.title-fr { margin: -1rem auto 2.2rem; color: var(--red); font-size: clamp(1.12rem, 2vw, 1.55rem); font-style: italic; line-height: 1.35; }
.track-card > .title-fr { margin: -1.25rem 0 2.2rem; }
.epoch--paris .title-fr, .epoch--napoleon .title-fr { color: #e4ca8d; }
h2 { margin-bottom: 1.8rem; font-size: clamp(2.9rem, 6.4vw, 6.6rem); font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: -.055em; line-height: .96; text-wrap: balance; }
.opening-grid { width: min(940px, 100%); margin: 1.35rem auto; display: grid; grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr; gap: clamp(2rem, 7vw, 7rem); }
.opening-grid p { margin: 0; font-size: clamp(1rem, 1.5vw, 1.18rem); line-height: 1.55; }
.fr-echo { margin-top: .55rem; color: var(--fr-ink); font-size: .88em; font-style: italic; line-height: 1.55; }
.epoch--paris .fr-echo, .epoch--napoleon .fr-echo, .language-section .fr-echo, .pressure .fr-echo { color: var(--fr-ink); }
.timeline-key { position: relative; z-index: 1; width: min(940px, 100%); margin: 1.35rem auto 0; padding: .8rem 0 .9rem; border-block: 1px solid var(--line); text-align: center; }
.timeline-key-label { margin: 0 0 .55rem; color: var(--red); font: 750 .59rem/1 var(--sans); letter-spacing: .16em; text-transform: uppercase; }
.timeline-key-grid { display: grid; grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr; gap: clamp(1.2rem, 5vw, 4rem); }
.timeline-key-grid p { margin: 0; display: grid; grid-template-columns: auto auto 1fr; justify-content: center; align-items: center; gap: .45rem; color: #5e5b56; font: .72rem/1.35 var(--serif); text-align: left; }
.timeline-key-grid b { color: var(--ink); font: 750 .57rem/1 var(--sans); letter-spacing: .14em; text-transform: uppercase; }
.track-dot { width: 9px; height: 9px; border-radius: 50%; flex: 0 0 auto; }
.track-dot--france { background: var(--red-bright); box-shadow: 0 0 0 4px rgba(214,85,91,.2); }
.track-dot--romania { background: var(--romania); box-shadow: 0 0 0 4px rgba(214,180,94,.18); }

.epoch { position: relative; padding: clamp(6rem, 11vw, 10rem) max(1.5rem, 6vw); overflow: hidden; }
.epoch--paper, .epoch--islaz, .epoch--little-paris { background: var(--paper); }
.epoch--little-paris { background: linear-gradient(90deg, rgba(239,234,221,.95), rgba(239,234,221,.84)), url("./assets/calea-victoriei-1900.webp") center / cover; }
.epoch--little-paris::after { content: ""; position: absolute; inset: 0; pointer-events: none; background: linear-gradient(110deg, transparent 45%, rgba(173,49,59,.08) 45% 46%, transparent 46%); }
.epoch--paris, .epoch--napoleon { color: #f3ede2; background: var(--night); }
.epoch--paris::after, .epoch--napoleon::after, .pressure::before { content: ""; position: absolute; inset: 0; pointer-events: none; opacity: .17; background-image: radial-gradient(rgba(255,255,255,.22) .5px, transparent .5px); background-size: 7px 7px; }
.epoch-date { position: relative; z-index: 2; width: min(1210px, 100%); margin: 0 auto clamp(4.5rem, 8vw, 7rem); padding-bottom: .85rem; display: flex; justify-content: space-between; gap: 2rem; border-bottom: 1px solid var(--line); color: var(--muted); font-size: .64rem; font-weight: 750; }
.epoch-date span { color: var(--red); }
.epoch-date p { margin: 0; text-align: right; }
.epoch-date--light { color: #aaaab0; border-color: rgba(255,255,255,.16); }
.epoch-date--light span { color: var(--gold); }

.paired-timeline { position: relative; z-index: 2; width: min(1210px, 100%); margin: auto; display: grid; grid-template-columns: minmax(0,1fr) 105px minmax(0,1fr); align-items: start; gap: clamp(1.5rem, 4vw, 4rem); }
.paired-timeline::before { content: ""; position: absolute; z-index: -1; inset: 0 50% auto; width: 1px; height: 100%; background: linear-gradient(var(--red), var(--romania)); opacity: .4; }
.track-card { position: relative; }
.track-card--france { padding-right: clamp(.1rem, 2vw, 2rem); }
.track-card--romania { padding-left: clamp(.1rem, 2vw, 2rem); }
.track-label { margin-bottom: 1.3rem; color: var(--red); font-size: .65rem; font-weight: 750; }
.track-card--romania .track-label { color: #96782f; }
.epoch--paris .track-label, .epoch--napoleon .track-label { color: var(--gold); }
.track-card h2 { font-size: clamp(2.45rem, 4.5vw, 4.9rem); }
.track-card p { font-size: clamp(1.04rem, 1.55vw, 1.22rem); line-height: 1.72; }
.track-card figure { margin-bottom: 1.6rem; }
.track-card img { box-shadow: 0 25px 70px rgba(39,28,19,.2); }
.declaration { width: min(410px, 88%); margin: 2.3rem auto !important; padding: .9rem; background: #ded2bb; transform: rotate(-1.4deg); }
.declaration img { max-height: 570px; object-fit: contain; filter: sepia(.17) contrast(.93); }
.lamartine img { max-height: 510px; object-fit: cover; object-position: center 46%; filter: sepia(.08) saturate(.86); }
.students img { max-height: 455px; object-fit: cover; filter: sepia(.18) saturate(.8); }
.islaz { padding: .8rem; background: #d6c8ae; transform: rotate(1deg); }
.islaz img { filter: sepia(.2) contrast(.9); }
.bucharest img { max-height: 470px; object-fit: cover; filter: sepia(.25) contrast(.92); }
figcaption { margin-top: .75rem; color: #726a5c; font-size: .55rem; font-weight: 750; line-height: 1.45; }
.epoch--paris figcaption, .epoch--napoleon figcaption { color: #ada79a; }
blockquote { margin: 2rem 0 .65rem; padding: 1.1rem 0 0 1.25rem; border-left: 2px solid var(--red); color: var(--red); font-size: clamp(1.35rem, 2.25vw, 2.1rem); font-style: italic; line-height: 1.3; }
.epoch--paris blockquote, .epoch--napoleon blockquote { border-color: var(--gold); color: #ebd59d; }
.translation { margin-bottom: 1.6rem; color: var(--muted); font-size: .9rem !important; font-style: italic; line-height: 1.45 !important; }
.epoch--paris .translation, .epoch--napoleon .translation { color: #aaa69e; }
.transfer { position: relative; z-index: 2; min-height: 175px; display: grid; place-items: center; align-self: center; color: var(--red); text-align: center; }
.transfer::before { content: ""; position: absolute; top: 50%; left: 0; right: 0; height: 1px; background: var(--red); opacity: .6; }
.transfer span { position: relative; z-index: 2; padding: .65rem .5rem; background: var(--paper); font: 750 .56rem/1.4 var(--sans); letter-spacing: .12em; text-transform: uppercase; }
.epoch--paris .transfer span, .epoch--napoleon .transfer span { background: var(--night); }
.transfer--light { color: var(--gold); }
.transfer--light::before { background: var(--gold); }
.pull-line { color: var(--red); font-size: clamp(1.5rem, 3vw, 2.7rem) !important; font-style: italic; line-height: 1.2 !important; }
.epoch-turn { position: relative; z-index: 2; width: min(900px, 100%); margin: clamp(5rem, 9vw, 8rem) auto 0; color: #e0c47d; text-align: center; font-size: clamp(1.5rem, 3.2vw, 2.9rem); font-style: italic; line-height: 1.3; }

.balcescu-moment { position: relative; z-index: 2; width: min(1000px, 100%); margin: clamp(5rem, 9vw, 8rem) auto 0; padding: clamp(1.4rem, 3vw, 2.4rem); display: grid; grid-template-columns: minmax(180px, .4fr) 1fr; gap: clamp(1.8rem, 4vw, 4rem); align-items: center; border-top: 1px solid rgba(255,255,255,.25); border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(255,255,255,.25); }
.balcescu-moment figure { margin: 0; transform: rotate(-1.2deg); }
.balcescu-moment figure img { max-height: 390px; object-fit: cover; filter: sepia(.24) contrast(.92); box-shadow: 0 18px 42px rgba(0,0,0,.38); }
.balcescu-moment h3 { margin: 0 0 1.2rem; color: #f1eadc; font-size: clamp(2rem, 3.8vw, 3.6rem); font-weight: 400; line-height: 1; letter-spacing: -.045em; }
.balcescu-moment p { color: #dad4c8; font-size: clamp(1.02rem, 1.45vw, 1.18rem); line-height: 1.68; }
.balcescu-moment blockquote { margin-top: 1.5rem; color: #ead494; font-size: clamp(1.12rem, 1.9vw, 1.65rem); }
.balcescu-moment .section-kicker { color: var(--gold); }
.balcescu-moment .translation { color: #a9a69e; }
.balcescu-moment .fr-echo { color: var(--fr-ink); }

.transylvania-brief { position: relative; z-index: 2; width: min(1000px, 100%); margin: clamp(5rem, 9vw, 8rem) auto 0; padding: clamp(1.6rem, 3vw, 2.8rem); border-top: 1px solid var(--line); border-bottom: 1px solid var(--line); }
.transylvania-brief h3 { max-width: 720px; margin: 0 0 1.4rem; color: var(--ink); font-size: clamp(2rem, 3.8vw, 3.6rem); font-weight: 400; line-height: 1; letter-spacing: -.045em; }
.transylvania-brief > p:not(.section-kicker) { max-width: 840px; color: #393b42; font-size: clamp(1.02rem, 1.45vw, 1.18rem); line-height: 1.68; }
.transylvania-brief .section-kicker { color: var(--red); }
.transylvania-brief .fr-echo { color: var(--fr-ink); }

.language-section { color: #f4ede0; background: #172033; }
.language-section::before { content: ""; position: absolute; z-index: 0; inset: 0; pointer-events: none; background: linear-gradient(115deg, transparent 47%, rgba(214,180,94,.05) 47% 53%, transparent 53%); }
.language-heading, .language-grid, .argument { position: relative; z-index: 1; width: min(1170px, 100%); margin-inline: auto; }
.language-heading { max-width: 980px; margin-bottom: clamp(5rem, 9vw, 8rem); text-align: center; }
.language-heading .section-kicker { color: var(--gold); }
.language-heading h2 { margin: 0; }
.language-heading h2 em { color: #e5c779; font-weight: 400; }
.language-grid { display: grid; grid-template-columns: .62fr 1fr; gap: clamp(3rem, 9vw, 9rem); align-items: center; }
.script-card { margin: 0; }
.script-card img { max-height: 560px; object-fit: cover; object-position: top; filter: sepia(.36) contrast(.88); box-shadow: 0 30px 80px rgba(0,0,0,.35); }
.language-copy p { font-size: clamp(1.08rem, 1.65vw, 1.28rem); line-height: 1.72; }
.word-bank { display: grid; grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr; gap: .5rem 2rem; margin: 2.5rem 0; padding: 1.5rem 0; border-block: 1px solid rgba(255,255,255,.18); }
.word-bank span { display: flex; align-items: baseline; gap: .5rem; color: #f1eadb; font-size: clamp(1.1rem, 2vw, 1.55rem); }
.word-bank b { font-weight: 400; }
.word-bank i { color: var(--gold); font-style: normal; }
.word-bank em { color: #dcc18a; }
.language-section blockquote { border-color: var(--gold); color: #e7d098; }
.language-section .translation { color: #aaa79f; }
.argument { margin-top: clamp(6rem, 10vw, 9rem); padding-top: 2rem; border-top: 1px solid rgba(255,255,255,.2); display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(3, 1fr); gap: clamp(2rem, 5vw, 5rem); }
.argument strong { display: block; margin-bottom: .85rem; color: #e4ca8d; font: 750 .62rem/1.3 var(--sans); letter-spacing: .13em; text-transform: uppercase; }
.argument p { margin: 0; color: #d3d0c9; line-height: 1.65; }
.argument .fr-echo { margin-top: .65rem !important; color: var(--fr-ink); }

.pressure { color: #f3eddf; background: #111620; }
.pressure-heading, .pressure-grid, .pressure-line { position: relative; z-index: 2; width: min(1160px, 100%); margin-inline: auto; }
.pressure-heading { max-width: 880px; margin-bottom: clamp(5rem, 9vw, 8rem); }
.pressure-heading .section-kicker { color: var(--red-bright); }
.pressure-heading h2 { margin-bottom: 1.4rem; }
.pressure-heading > p:last-child { color: #cbc7bf; font-size: clamp(1.08rem, 1.65vw, 1.25rem); line-height: 1.7; }
.pressure-heading > .fr-echo { color: var(--fr-ink); font-size: clamp(.94rem, 1.35vw, 1.05rem); }
.pressure-grid { display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(5, 1fr); border-top: 1px solid rgba(255,255,255,.16); border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(255,255,255,.16); }
.pressure-card { padding: clamp(1.6rem, 3vw, 3rem) clamp(1.2rem, 2vw, 2rem); border-right: 1px solid rgba(255,255,255,.16); }
.pressure-card:last-child { border-right: 0; }
.pressure-card time { color: var(--red-bright); font-size: clamp(2.5rem, 4.6vw, 4.5rem); }
.pressure-card h3 { margin: 1rem 0; color: #e6d19b; font-size: 1.28rem; font-weight: 400; line-height: 1.1; }
.pressure-card p { margin: 0; color: #bdbcb9; font-size: .96rem; line-height: 1.6; }
.pressure-card .fr-mini { margin-top: .6rem; color: #8f8f92; font-size: .82rem; font-style: italic; line-height: 1.5; }
.pressure-line { margin-top: clamp(5rem, 9vw, 8rem); color: #eee5d0; font-size: clamp(2rem, 4.6vw, 4.6rem); font-style: italic; line-height: 1.12; letter-spacing: -.035em; }
.pressure-line em { color: var(--red-bright); }

.napoleon-pair { display: grid; grid-template-columns: .62fr 1fr; gap: 1rem; align-items: end; margin-bottom: 1.7rem; }
.napoleon-pair figure { margin: 0; }
.napoleon-pair figure:first-child { transform: rotate(-1.2deg); }
.napoleon-pair figure:last-child { transform: rotate(1.2deg); }
.napoleon-pair img { height: 270px; object-fit: cover; box-shadow: 0 25px 60px rgba(0,0,0,.33); }
.napoleon-pair figure:first-child img { object-position: center top; }

.crossroads { position: relative; padding: clamp(7rem, 13vw, 12rem) max(1.5rem, 6vw); overflow: hidden; color: #f1eadf; background: #1a2231; }
.crossroads::before { content: "INTERSECTION"; position: absolute; top: -2.5vw; left: -1vw; color: rgba(229,202,141,.045); font-size: 17vw; font-style: italic; line-height: 1; pointer-events: none; }
.crossroads-heading, .crossroads-grid, .crossroads-line { position: relative; z-index: 1; width: min(1120px, 100%); margin-inline: auto; }
.crossroads-heading { max-width: 830px; margin-bottom: clamp(4rem, 8vw, 7rem); }
.crossroads-heading .section-kicker { color: var(--gold); }
.crossroads-heading h2 { margin-bottom: 1.4rem; }
.crossroads-heading > p { color: #d6d1c7; font-size: clamp(1.08rem, 1.6vw, 1.28rem); line-height: 1.73; }
.crossroads-heading .fr-echo { color: var(--fr-ink); }
.crossroads-grid { display: grid; grid-template-columns: .95fr 1.05fr; gap: clamp(2rem, 6vw, 7rem); align-items: stretch; }
.language-lives { padding: clamp(1.6rem, 3vw, 2.6rem); border: 1px solid rgba(255,255,255,.18); background: rgba(255,255,255,.035); }
.language-lives ul { margin: 1.75rem 0; padding: 0; list-style: none; }
.language-lives li { padding: 1rem 0; display: grid; grid-template-columns: minmax(100px, .7fr) 1.3fr; gap: 1rem; border-top: 1px solid rgba(255,255,255,.14); }
.language-lives li:last-child { border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(255,255,255,.14); }
.language-lives b { color: #e8ce8e; font-size: 1.05rem; font-weight: 400; }
.language-lives span, .data-note { color: #c8c6c0; font-size: .95rem; line-height: 1.52; }
.data-note { margin: 0; color: #aeadab; font-style: italic; }
.german-thread { display: grid; grid-template-columns: minmax(120px, .38fr) 1fr; gap: clamp(1.3rem, 3vw, 2.7rem); align-items: start; padding: clamp(1.1rem, 2vw, 1.7rem) 0; }
.german-thread figure { margin: 0; padding: .6rem; background: #d5c6a7; transform: rotate(1deg); }
.german-thread figure img { height: 290px; object-fit: cover; object-position: top; filter: sepia(.1) contrast(.94); }
.german-thread figcaption { color: #675d4e; }
.german-thread h3 { margin: 0 0 1.1rem; color: #f0e9dd; font-size: clamp(2rem, 3.6vw, 3.45rem); font-weight: 400; line-height: 1; letter-spacing: -.045em; }
.german-thread p { color: #d0cec7; font-size: 1.04rem; line-height: 1.67; }
.german-thread .fr-echo { color: var(--fr-ink); }
.crossroads-line { margin-top: clamp(5rem, 9vw, 8rem); padding-top: 1.8rem; border-top: 1px solid rgba(255,255,255,.18); color: #ead49d; font-size: clamp(1.6rem, 3.4vw, 3.2rem); font-style: italic; line-height: 1.2; }
.crossroads-line span { display: block; margin-top: .65rem; color: #bdbab2; font-size: .58em; line-height: 1.35; }

footer { padding: 2.7rem max(1.5rem, 6vw); color: #bbb9b4; background: #090c12; font-family: var(--sans); }
footer details { width: min(1120px, 100%); margin: auto; }
footer summary { cursor: pointer; color: #e4ded2; font-size: .72rem; font-weight: 750; letter-spacing: .13em; text-transform: uppercase; }
.sources-grid { margin-top: 2rem; display: grid; grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr; gap: 4rem; }
.sources-grid h3 { margin: 0 0 .9rem; color: #dfd6c4; font: 750 .66rem/1.3 var(--sans); letter-spacing: .13em; text-transform: uppercase; }
.sources-grid p, .sources-grid li { font-size: .75rem; line-height: 1.62; }
.sources-grid ul { margin-top: 0; padding-left: 1.1rem; }
.footer-note { width: min(1120px, 100%); margin: 2.5rem auto 0; color: #73716d; font-size: .55rem; }

.has-js .reveal { opacity: 0; transform: translateY(24px); transition: opacity .82s ease, transform .9s cubic-bezier(.18,.75,.22,1); }
.has-js .reveal.is-visible { opacity: 1; transform: none; }

@media (max-width: 950px) {
  .hero-half--france { inset: 0 37% 0 0; }
  .hero-half--romania { inset: 0 0 0 63%; }
  .frontier-copy { width: min(710px, 72%); }
  .paired-timeline { grid-template-columns: minmax(0,1fr) 70px minmax(0,1fr); gap: 1.25rem; }
  .track-card--france { padding-right: 0; }
  .track-card--romania { padding-left: 0; }
  .transfer { min-height: 140px; }
  .transfer span { font-size: .5rem; }
  .language-grid { grid-template-columns: .65fr 1fr; gap: 3rem; }
  .pressure-grid { grid-template-columns: repeat(3, 1fr); }
  .crossroads-grid { gap: 2.5rem; }
  .pressure-card:nth-child(3) { border-right: 0; }
  .pressure-card:nth-child(-n+3) { border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(255,255,255,.16); }
}

@media (max-width: 760px) {
  .crossroads-grid, .balcescu-moment { grid-template-columns: 1fr; }
  .frontier-map { min-height: auto; padding-block: 7rem; }
  .frontier-map::before { background: linear-gradient(90deg, rgba(10,15,23,.96), rgba(10,15,23,.72)), linear-gradient(0deg, rgba(10,15,23,.7), transparent 60%); }
  .frontier-copy { width: min(590px, 100%); }
  .frontier-copy h2 { font-size: clamp(3.2rem, 13vw, 5rem); }
  .frontier-figure img { object-position: 62% center; }
  .frontier-figure figcaption { right: 1.35rem; left: 1.35rem; bottom: 1.1rem; max-width: none; text-align: left; }
  .balcescu-moment figure { width: min(235px, 62%); }
  .paired-timeline { grid-template-columns: 1fr; gap: 2.4rem; }
  .paired-timeline::before { inset: 0 auto 0 14px; height: 100%; }
  .track-card--france, .track-card--romania { padding: 0 0 0 3rem; }
  .transfer { min-height: 0; display: block; margin: 0 0 .3rem 3rem; padding-left: 0; text-align: left; }
  .transfer::before { display: none; }
  .transfer span, .epoch--paris .transfer span, .epoch--napoleon .transfer span { padding: 0; background: transparent; }
}

@media (max-width: 650px) {
  .hero { height: auto; min-height: 100svh; }
  .hero-content { padding-block: 7rem 7.5rem; }
  .hero-half--france { inset: 0 45% 0 0; }
  .hero-half--romania { inset: 0 0 0 55%; }
  .hero-content { width: calc(100% - 32px); }
  .hero-route { font-size: .53rem; gap: .45rem; }
  .hero-route i { width: 1.5rem; }
  h1 { font-size: clamp(3.25rem, 16vw, 5.6rem); }
  .hero-deck { margin-left: 0; }
  .hero-title-fr { margin-left: 0; }
  .begin { left: 1rem; bottom: 1.2rem; }
  .opening, .language-section, .pressure, .crossroads, .epoch { padding-inline: 1.35rem; }
  .opening { min-height: auto; padding-block: 6.5rem; background: linear-gradient(90deg, rgba(239,234,221,.97), rgba(239,234,221,.82)), url("./assets/paris-boulevard-1838.webp") 65% center / auto 100% no-repeat, var(--paper); }
  .opening::before { inset: 1.3rem; }
  .opening-grid, .timeline-key-grid, .language-grid, .argument, .sources-grid { grid-template-columns: 1fr; }
  .timeline-key-grid { gap: .55rem; }
  .timeline-key-grid p { justify-content: start; }
  .epoch-date { align-items: flex-start; gap: 1rem; font-size: .55rem; }
  .epoch-date p { max-width: 46%; }
  .track-card--france, .track-card--romania { padding-left: 2.2rem; }
  .transfer { margin-left: 2.2rem; }
  .track-card h2 { font-size: clamp(2.45rem, 12vw, 4rem); }
  .declaration { width: min(300px, 85%); }
  .language-grid { gap: 3rem; }
  .script-card { width: 70%; margin: auto; }
  .word-bank { grid-template-columns: 1fr; }
  .argument { gap: 2rem; }
  .pressure-grid { grid-template-columns: 1fr; }
  .pressure-card { border-right: 0; border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(255,255,255,.16); }
  .pressure-card:nth-child(3) { border-right: 0; }
  .pressure-card:last-child { border-bottom: 0; }
  .napoleon-pair img { height: 190px; }
  .german-thread { grid-template-columns: minmax(94px, .34fr) 1fr; gap: 1.25rem; }
  .german-thread figure img { height: 230px; }
  .language-lives li { grid-template-columns: 1fr; gap: .2rem; }
}

@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
  html { scroll-behavior: auto; }
  .has-js .reveal { opacity: 1; transform: none; transition: none; }
}