:root {
  --night: #080b16;
  --ink: #0f1428;
  --indigo: #151a34;
  --violet: #8772a7;
  --cyan: #84c9d3;
  --coral: #e7a18d;
  --mist: #f0ebf5;
  --mist-soft: #c7c1d2;
  --rule: rgba(181, 210, 224, .16);
}

* { box-sizing: border-box; }

html { scroll-behavior: smooth; }

body {
  min-width: 320px;
  margin: 0;
  color: var(--mist);
  background: var(--night);
  font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;
}

a { color: inherit; text-underline-offset: 4px; }

.babble-page {
  width: min(1440px, 100%);
  margin: auto;
  overflow: hidden;
  background:
    radial-gradient(circle at 10% 34%, rgba(132, 201, 211, .07), transparent 29rem),
    radial-gradient(circle at 90% 70%, rgba(135, 114, 167, .1), transparent 34rem),
    var(--indigo);
  box-shadow: 0 0 100px #000a;
}

.cover {
  position: relative;
  min-height: min(92svh, 880px);
  isolation: isolate;
  overflow: hidden;
}

.cover > img {
  position: absolute;
  z-index: -2;
  inset: 0;
  width: 100%;
  height: 100%;
  object-fit: cover;
  object-position: center;
  animation: cover-arrival 1.5s cubic-bezier(.2,.7,.2,1) both;
}

.cover-shade {
  position: absolute;
  z-index: -1;
  inset: 0;
  background:
    linear-gradient(180deg, rgba(6, 9, 20, .74) 0, transparent 25%, transparent 55%, rgba(8, 11, 24, .94) 100%),
    linear-gradient(90deg, rgba(6, 9, 20, .94) 0, rgba(8, 11, 24, .62) 36%, transparent 68%);
}

.hierarchy-nav {
  position: absolute;
  z-index: 2;
  top: 0;
  right: 0;
  left: 0;
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  gap: 10px;
  min-height: 60px;
  padding: 0 clamp(20px, 5vw, 76px);
  color: rgba(236, 235, 246, .78);
  font: 700 10px/1.2 Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
  letter-spacing: 1.35px;
  text-transform: uppercase;
}

.hierarchy-nav a {
  display: inline-flex;
  min-height: 44px;
  align-items: center;
}

.hierarchy-separator { color: var(--cyan); }

.cover-copy {
  position: absolute;
  bottom: clamp(88px, 14vh, 150px);
  left: clamp(22px, 6vw, 88px);
  width: min(760px, calc(100% - 44px));
}

.cover h1 {
  max-width: 760px;
  margin: 0;
  color: #f8f3fb;
  font: 700 clamp(68px, 12.8vw, 172px)/.78 Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;
  letter-spacing: clamp(-8px, -.55vw, -3px);
  text-wrap: balance;
  text-shadow: 0 9px 38px #000c;
}

.cover-copy p {
  max-width: 560px;
  margin: 38px 0 0 7px;
  color: var(--mist);
  font-size: clamp(18px, 2vw, 27px);
  line-height: 1.42;
  text-wrap: balance;
}

.premise {
  max-width: 870px;
  margin: 0 auto;
  padding: clamp(88px, 12vw, 174px) clamp(24px, 6vw, 70px) clamp(98px, 14vw, 184px);
  color: var(--mist-soft);
  font-size: clamp(18px, 1.75vw, 24px);
  line-height: 1.72;
}

.premise p { margin: 0 0 1.45em; }

.premise .opening {
  color: #f7f1fa;
  font-size: clamp(31px, 4vw, 54px);
  line-height: 1.16;
  letter-spacing: -1.35px;
  text-wrap: balance;
}

.premise .turn {
  max-width: 690px;
  margin: 2.8em auto 0;
  color: #b9e0e4;
  font-style: italic;
  text-align: center;
}

.sequence { border-top: 1px solid var(--rule); }

.scene {
  position: relative;
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: repeat(2, minmax(0, 1fr));
  align-items: center;
  min-height: clamp(650px, 64vw, 860px);
  overflow: hidden;
  border-bottom: 1px solid var(--rule);
}

.photo-wrap {
  position: absolute;
  top: 0;
  bottom: 0;
  left: 0;
  width: 65%;
  opacity: .9;
  -webkit-mask-image: linear-gradient(90deg, #000 0, #000 63%, transparent 100%);
  mask-image: linear-gradient(90deg, #000 0, #000 63%, transparent 100%);
}

.photo-wrap::after {
  position: absolute;
  inset: 0;
  content: "";
  background:
    linear-gradient(180deg, rgba(15, 20, 40, .1), transparent 38%, rgba(15, 20, 40, .66)),
    linear-gradient(90deg, transparent 54%, var(--indigo));
  pointer-events: none;
}

.photo-wrap img {
  width: 100%;
  height: 100%;
  object-fit: cover;
  object-position: center;
  filter: saturate(.85) contrast(.97);
  transform: scale(1.018);
  transition: transform 1.2s cubic-bezier(.2,.7,.2,1), filter 1.2s ease;
}

.scene:hover .photo-wrap img {
  filter: saturate(.98) contrast(1);
  transform: scale(1);
}

.prose {
  position: relative;
  z-index: 1;
  grid-column: 2;
  width: min(630px, 100%);
  padding: clamp(66px, 8vw, 118px) clamp(26px, 7vw, 96px) clamp(66px, 8vw, 118px) clamp(20px, 3vw, 44px);
  justify-self: end;
  color: var(--mist-soft);
  font-size: clamp(17px, 1.45vw, 21px);
  line-height: 1.7;
  text-shadow: 0 3px 22px var(--night);
}

.prose p { margin: 0 0 1.4em; }
.prose p:last-child { margin-bottom: 0; }

.prose strong {
  color: #f8f2fb;
  font-weight: 700;
}

.prose em { color: #d7edf0; }

.scene:nth-child(even) .photo-wrap {
  right: 0;
  left: auto;
  -webkit-mask-image: linear-gradient(270deg, #000 0, #000 63%, transparent 100%);
  mask-image: linear-gradient(270deg, #000 0, #000 63%, transparent 100%);
}

.scene:nth-child(even) .photo-wrap::after {
  background:
    linear-gradient(180deg, rgba(15, 20, 40, .1), transparent 38%, rgba(15, 20, 40, .66)),
    linear-gradient(270deg, transparent 54%, var(--indigo));
}

.scene:nth-child(even) .prose {
  grid-column: 1;
  padding-right: clamp(20px, 3vw, 44px);
  padding-left: clamp(26px, 7vw, 96px);
  justify-self: start;
}

.closing {
  min-height: 68svh;
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
  align-items: center;
  justify-content: center;
  padding: clamp(94px, 15vw, 194px) 26px;
  text-align: center;
  background:
    radial-gradient(circle at 50% 40%, rgba(132, 201, 211, .11), transparent 27rem),
    var(--night);
}

.closing > p:first-child {
  max-width: 760px;
  margin: 0;
  color: var(--mist-soft);
  font-size: clamp(19px, 2.2vw, 30px);
  line-height: 1.5;
  text-wrap: balance;
}

.closing .last-word {
  max-width: 940px;
  margin: .75em 0 1.8em;
  color: #f7f2fa;
  font-size: clamp(36px, 5.4vw, 74px);
  line-height: 1.04;
  letter-spacing: -2px;
  text-wrap: balance;
}

.closing a {
  display: inline-flex;
  min-height: 44px;
  align-items: center;
  color: #b9e0e4;
  font: 700 10px/1.2 Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
  letter-spacing: 1.5px;
  text-transform: uppercase;
}

@keyframes cover-arrival {
  from { opacity: .35; transform: scale(1.055); }
  to { opacity: 1; transform: scale(1); }
}

@media (max-width: 760px) {
  .cover { min-height: 86svh; }
  .cover > img { object-position: 58% center; }
  .cover-shade {
    background:
      linear-gradient(180deg, rgba(6, 9, 20, .78) 0, transparent 29%, rgba(8, 11, 24, .34) 55%, rgba(8, 11, 24, .95) 100%),
      linear-gradient(90deg, rgba(6, 9, 20, .56), transparent 88%);
  }
  .cover-copy { bottom: 96px; }
  .cover h1 { font-size: clamp(63px, 21vw, 108px); letter-spacing: -4px; }
  .cover-copy p { margin-top: 27px; font-size: 18px; }
  .premise { padding-top: 80px; padding-bottom: 110px; }
  .scene {
    display: block;
    min-height: 0;
    padding-top: min(77vw, 520px);
  }
  .photo-wrap,
  .scene:nth-child(even) .photo-wrap {
    top: 0;
    right: 0;
    bottom: auto;
    left: 0;
    width: 100%;
    height: min(82vw, 550px);
    opacity: .92;
    -webkit-mask-image: linear-gradient(180deg, #000 0, #000 58%, transparent 100%);
    mask-image: linear-gradient(180deg, #000 0, #000 58%, transparent 100%);
  }
  .photo-wrap::after,
  .scene:nth-child(even) .photo-wrap::after {
    background: linear-gradient(180deg, transparent 45%, var(--indigo));
  }
  .prose,
  .scene:nth-child(even) .prose {
    width: 100%;
    padding: 30px 24px 82px;
    font-size: 17px;
  }
  .closing { min-height: 60svh; }
  .closing .last-word { letter-spacing: -1.5px; }
}

@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
  html { scroll-behavior: auto; }
  .cover > img { animation: none; }
  .photo-wrap img { transition: none; }
}