.read-progress {
position: fixed;
      top: 0;
      left: 0;
      z-index: 1000;
      width: 0;
      height: 4px;
      background: linear-gradient(
        90deg,
        var(--clay),
        var(--sun),
        var(--leaf),
        var(--sky)
      );
      transition: width .1s linear;
}

.story-hero {
position: relative;
      isolation: isolate;
      overflow: hidden;
      padding: clamp(4.5rem, 8vw, 7rem) 0 clamp(4.5rem, 8vw, 7rem);
      color: var(--ink);
      background:
        radial-gradient(
          circle at 84% 22%,
          var(--sun) 0 7%,
          transparent 7.2%
        ),
        linear-gradient(
          108deg,
          #f8f3df 0 66%,
          rgba(154, 183, 91, .24) 66% 82%,
          rgba(116, 173, 179, .22) 82% 100%
        );
      border-bottom: 3px solid var(--ink);
}

.story-hero::before,
    .story-hero::after {
content: none;
}

.story-hero-grid {
display: grid;
      grid-template-columns: minmax(280px, .82fr) minmax(0, 1.18fr);
      gap: clamp(3rem, 7vw, 7rem);
      align-items: center;
}

.story-art {
position: relative;
      width: min(100%, 420px);
      margin: 0;
      justify-self: center;
}

.story-art::before {
content: "";
      position: absolute;
      inset: 7% -10% -8% 9%;
      z-index: 0;
      border: 2px solid var(--ink);
      background: var(--sky);
      clip-path: polygon(
        3% 2%,
        98% 7%,
        94% 98%,
        0 91%
      );
      opacity: .64;
      transform: rotate(3.5deg);
}

.story-art::after {
content: "STORY " attr(data-story-number);
      position: absolute;
      right: -1.25rem;
      bottom: 3rem;
      z-index: 3;
      padding: .6rem .75rem;
      color: var(--paper-soft);
      background: var(--clay);
      border: 2px solid var(--ink);
      box-shadow: 5px 5px 0 var(--sun);
      font-family: 'Space Mono', monospace;
      font-size: .65rem;
      font-weight: 700;
      letter-spacing: .1em;
      transform: rotate(-5deg);
}

.story-art-frame {
position: relative;
      z-index: 1;
      overflow: hidden;
      aspect-ratio: 4 / 5;
      padding: 10px;
      background: var(--paper-soft);
      border: 2px solid var(--ink);
      box-shadow: var(--shadow);
      transform: rotate(-2deg);
}

.story-art-frame img {
width: 100%;
      height: 100%;
      object-fit: cover;
      filter: saturate(.82) sepia(.06) contrast(.98) brightness(1.03);
}

.story-art figcaption {
position: relative;
      z-index: 2;
      margin: 1rem .15rem 0;
      color: var(--ink-soft);
      font-family: 'Space Mono', monospace;
      font-size: .66rem;
      letter-spacing: .04em;
}

.story-breadcrumb {
display: flex;
      flex-wrap: wrap;
      gap: .45rem;
      align-items: center;
      margin-bottom: 1.25rem;
      color: var(--ink-soft);
      font-family: 'Space Mono', monospace;
      font-size: .7rem;
      font-weight: 700;
      letter-spacing: .08em;
      text-transform: uppercase;
}

.story-breadcrumb a {
color: var(--leaf);
      text-decoration: none;
}

.story-breadcrumb a:hover,
    .story-breadcrumb a:focus-visible {
color: var(--clay);
}

.story-breadcrumb .separator {
color: rgba(23, 56, 45, .38);
}

.story-title {
max-width: 760px;
      margin-bottom: 1.2rem;
      color: var(--forest);
      font-size: clamp(3.5rem, 7vw, 6.75rem);
      overflow-wrap: anywhere;
}

.story-deck {
max-width: 660px;
      margin-bottom: 1.65rem;
      color: var(--ink-soft);
      font-family: 'Fraunces', serif;
      font-size: clamp(1.15rem, 2vw, 1.5rem);
      line-height: 1.5;
}

.story-byline {
display: flex;
      flex-wrap: wrap;
      gap: .7rem 1.25rem;
      align-items: center;
      padding-top: 1.2rem;
      border-top: 2px solid var(--line);
      color: var(--ink-soft);
      font-size: .9rem;
}

.story-byline strong {
color: var(--forest);
}

.story-byline-meta {
display: flex;
      flex-wrap: wrap;
      gap: .45rem 1rem;
      font-family: 'Space Mono', monospace;
      font-size: .67rem;
      letter-spacing: .03em;
}

.story-byline-meta span + span::before {
content: "•";
      margin-right: 1rem;
      color: var(--clay);
}

.reading-section {
position: relative;
      padding: clamp(4.5rem, 8vw, 8rem) 0 clamp(5rem, 9vw, 8.5rem);
      background: var(--paper);
}

.reading-layout {
display: grid;
      grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 730px) minmax(260px, 320px);
      gap: clamp(3rem, 7vw, 6rem);
      align-items: start;
      justify-content: center;
}

.story-body {
min-width: 0;
      color: #294438;
      font-family: 'DM Sans', sans-serif;
      font-size: clamp(1.06rem, 1.35vw, 1.16rem);
      line-height: 1.92;
}

.story-body p {
margin: 0 0 1.45rem;
}

.story-body .dropcap::first-letter {
float: left;
      margin: .11em .13em 0 0;
      color: var(--clay);
      font-family: 'Fraunces', serif;
      font-size: 4.65rem;
      font-weight: 700;
      line-height: .72;
}

.story-body .pullquote {
position: relative;
      margin: clamp(2.7rem, 6vw, 4.5rem) 0;
      padding: clamp(1.8rem, 4vw, 2.6rem);
      color: var(--forest);
      background: var(--paper-soft);
      border: 2px solid var(--ink);
      border-left: 8px solid var(--sun);
      box-shadow: 7px 7px 0 var(--clay);
      font-family: 'Fraunces', serif;
      font-size: clamp(1.45rem, 2.6vw, 2rem);
      font-weight: 600;
      line-height: 1.4;
}

.story-body .pullquote::before {
content: "“";
      position: absolute;
      top: -.3em;
      right: .2em;
      color: rgba(79, 125, 87, .12);
      font-family: 'Fraunces', serif;
      font-size: 6rem;
      line-height: 1;
}

.story-body hr {
width: min(100%, 260px);
      height: 4px;
      margin: clamp(3rem, 7vw, 5rem) auto;
      background: var(--clay);
      border: 0;
      clip-path: polygon(
        0 22%,
        100% 0,
        96% 100%,
        4% 78%
      );
      opacity: .8;
}

.story-aside {
position: sticky;
      top: 108px;
      display: grid;
      gap: 1.4rem;
}

.story-aside .card {
padding: 1.5rem;
      background: var(--paper-soft);
      border: 2px solid var(--ink);
      box-shadow: 6px 6px 0 var(--sky);
}

.story-aside .card:nth-child(2) {
box-shadow: 6px 6px 0 var(--clay);
}

.aside-kicker {
margin: 0 0 .55rem;
      color: var(--leaf);
      font-family: 'Space Mono', monospace;
      font-size: .66rem;
      font-weight: 700;
      letter-spacing: .1em;
      text-transform: uppercase;
}

.story-aside h2 {
margin-bottom: .75rem;
      color: var(--forest);
      font-size: 1.55rem;
}

.story-aside p {
margin-bottom: .8rem;
      color: var(--ink-soft);
      line-height: 1.65;
}

.text-link {
display: inline-flex;
      gap: .45rem;
      align-items: center;
      color: var(--leaf);
      font-weight: 700;
      text-decoration: none;
}

.text-link::after {
content: "→";
      transition: transform .2s ease;
}

.text-link:hover::after,
    .text-link:focus-visible::after {
transform: translateX(4px);
}

.rail-newsletter {
color: var(--paper-soft);
      background: var(--forest) !important;
      border-color: var(--ink) !important;
}

.rail-newsletter .aside-kicker {
color: var(--sun-soft);
}

.rail-newsletter h2,
    .rail-newsletter p {
color: var(--paper-soft);
}

.rail-newsletter p {
opacity: .78;
}

.rail-newsletter form {
display: grid;
      gap: .7rem;
      margin-top: 1.1rem;
}

.rail-newsletter input {
width: 100%;
      min-height: 46px;
      padding: .7rem 1rem;
      color: var(--paper-soft);
      background: rgba(255, 250, 240, .08);
      border: 2px solid rgba(255, 250, 240, .72);
      font: inherit;
      outline: none;
}

.rail-newsletter input::placeholder {
color: rgba(255, 250, 240, .52);
}

.rail-newsletter .story-kit-form .formkit-fields {
display: grid;
      gap: .7rem;
}

.rail-newsletter .story-kit-form .formkit-field {
min-width: 0;
}

.rail-newsletter .story-kit-form .formkit-alert {
margin: 0;
      padding: 0;
      list-style: none;
      color: var(--sun-soft);
      font-size: .82rem;
      line-height: 1.45;
}

.rail-newsletter .story-kit-form .formkit-alert:empty {
display: none;
}

.rail-newsletter .story-kit-credit {
margin-top: .15rem;
      text-align: center;
}

.rail-newsletter .story-kit-credit a {
color: rgba(255, 250, 240, .58);
      font-family: 'Space Mono', monospace;
      font-size: .58rem;
      letter-spacing: .04em;
      text-decoration: none;
}

.rail-newsletter .story-kit-credit a:hover,
    .rail-newsletter .story-kit-credit a:focus-visible {
color: var(--sun-soft);
}

.rail-newsletter .newsletter-button {
width: 100%;
      color: var(--ink);
      background: var(--sun-soft);
      border-color: var(--sun-soft);
      box-shadow: none;
}

.rail-newsletter .newsletter-button:hover,
    .rail-newsletter .newsletter-button:focus-visible {
color: var(--ink);
      background: var(--sun);
      border-color: var(--sun);
      box-shadow: none;
      transform: none;
}

.story-ending {
max-width: 730px;
      margin: clamp(4rem, 8vw, 7rem) 0 0;
      padding-top: clamp(2.4rem, 5vw, 3.5rem);
      border-top: 2px solid var(--ink);
}

.story-ending-label {
margin-bottom: .8rem;
      color: var(--leaf);
      font-family: 'Space Mono', monospace;
      font-size: .68rem;
      font-weight: 700;
      letter-spacing: .1em;
      text-transform: uppercase;
}

.story-ending h2 {
max-width: 620px;
      margin-bottom: 0;
      color: var(--forest);
      font-size: clamp(2rem, 4vw, 3.4rem);
}

.story-navigation {
display: grid;
      grid-template-columns: repeat(2, minmax(0, 1fr));
      gap: 1rem;
      margin-top: 1.6rem;
}

.next-story {
display: grid;
      grid-template-columns: auto 1fr auto;
      gap: 1rem;
      align-items: center;
      padding: 1.2rem 1.3rem;
      color: var(--ink);
      background: var(--paper-soft);
      border: 2px solid var(--ink);
      box-shadow: 6px 6px 0 var(--sky);
      text-decoration: none;
      transition:
        transform .2s ease,
        box-shadow .2s ease,
        background-color .2s ease;
}

.next-story.previous {
box-shadow: 6px 6px 0 var(--clay);
}

.next-story:hover,
    .next-story:focus-visible {
color: var(--ink);
      background: var(--sun-soft);
      box-shadow: 3px 3px 0 var(--sky);
      transform: translate(3px, 3px);
}

.next-story.previous:hover,
    .next-story.previous:focus-visible {
box-shadow: 3px 3px 0 var(--clay);
}

.next-story-number {
display: inline-grid;
      place-items: center;
      min-width: 42px;
      height: 34px;
      padding-inline: .45rem;
      color: var(--paper-soft);
      background: var(--clay);
      border: 2px solid var(--ink);
      font-family: 'Space Mono', monospace;
      font-size: .7rem;
      font-weight: 700;
}

.next-story-copy span {
display: block;
      color: var(--ink-soft);
      font-family: 'Space Mono', monospace;
      font-size: .62rem;
      letter-spacing: .08em;
      text-transform: uppercase;
}

.next-story-copy strong {
display: block;
      margin-top: .2rem;
      color: var(--forest);
      font-family: 'Fraunces', serif;
      font-size: 1.25rem;
}

.next-story-arrow {
color: var(--leaf);
      font-size: 1.4rem;
}

@media (max-width: 960px) {
.story-hero-grid {
grid-template-columns: 1fr;
        max-width: 780px;
}

.story-hero-copy {
order: -1;
}

.story-art {
width: min(72vw, 520px);
}

.story-art-frame {
aspect-ratio: 4 / 3;
}

.reading-layout {
grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 730px);
}

.story-aside {
position: static;
        grid-template-columns: repeat(2, minmax(0, 1fr));
}

}

@media (max-width: 650px) {
.story-hero {
padding-top: 3.8rem;
}

.story-title {
width: 100%;
        max-width: 100%;
        font-size: clamp(2.85rem, 14vw, 4.25rem);
        overflow-wrap: anywhere;
}

.story-byline {
align-items: flex-start;
        flex-direction: column;
}

.story-byline-meta {
gap: .45rem .75rem;
}

.story-byline-meta span + span::before {
margin-right: .75rem;
}

.story-art {
width: min(82%, 420px);
}

.story-art-frame {
aspect-ratio: 4 / 4.5;
        padding: 8px;
}

.story-art::after {
right: -.5rem;
        bottom: 2rem;
}

.story-body {
font-size: 1.04rem;
        line-height: 1.86;
}

.story-body .dropcap::first-letter {
font-size: 4rem;
}

.story-body .pullquote {
padding: 1.4rem;
}

.story-aside {
grid-template-columns: 1fr;
}

.story-navigation {
grid-template-columns: 1fr;
}

.next-story {
grid-template-columns: auto 1fr;
}

.next-story-arrow {
display: none;
}

}

@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
.read-progress {
transition: none;
}

}