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*{box-sizing:border-box;margin:0;padding:0}html{scroll-behavior:smooth}
body{background:var(--paper);color:var(--ink-body);font-family:'Newsreader',Georgia,serif;font-optical-sizing:auto;-webkit-font-smoothing:antialiased;line-height:1.5}
.rail{position:fixed;top:0;left:0;right:0;display:flex;justify-content:space-between;align-items:center;padding:20px 28px;font-family:'Spline Sans Mono',monospace;font-size:11px;letter-spacing:.22em;text-transform:uppercase;color:var(--faint);background:linear-gradient(var(--paper),rgba(234,232,225,.85) 70%,transparent);z-index:20}
.rail a.mark{color:var(--ink);text-decoration:none;letter-spacing:0;font-family:'Fraunces',serif;font-weight:600;font-optical-sizing:none;font-variation-settings:'opsz' 144,'wght' 600;font-size:21px;text-transform:none;display:inline-flex;align-items:flex-start;gap:1px}
.rail a.mark .deg{font-family:'Spline Sans Mono',monospace;font-size:11px;color:var(--brass);margin-top:2px;font-weight:500}
.stage{max-width:var(--read);margin:0 auto;padding:0 26px}
.back{display:inline-flex;align-items:center;gap:9px;font-family:'Spline Sans Mono',monospace;font-size:11px;letter-spacing:.12em;text-transform:uppercase;color:var(--faint);text-decoration:none;margin-bottom:48px}
.back:hover{color:var(--brass)}
article{padding:120px 0 120px}
.essay-head{margin-bottom:42px}
.essay-head .meta{font-family:'Spline Sans Mono',monospace;font-size:11px;letter-spacing:.14em;text-transform:uppercase;color:var(--brass);margin-bottom:20px;display:flex;gap:12px;align-items:center;flex-wrap:wrap}
.essay-head .meta .d{color:var(--faint)}
.essay-head h1{font-family:'Fraunces',serif;font-weight:400;font-size:clamp(32px,6vw,52px);line-height:1.04;letter-spacing:-.02em;color:var(--ink)}
.threshold{font-family:'Fraunces',serif;font-weight:300;font-style:italic;font-size:clamp(23px,3.6vw,30px);line-height:1.32;color:var(--ink);margin:0 0 34px;padding-bottom:34px;border-bottom:1px solid var(--rule);position:relative}
.threshold::before{content:"°";position:absolute;left:-20px;top:-4px;font-family:'Spline Sans Mono',monospace;font-size:17px;color:var(--brass);font-style:normal}
.ebody{font-size:19px;line-height:1.68;color:var(--ink-body)}
.ebody p{margin-bottom:22px}.ebody p:last-child{margin-bottom:0}
.ebody em{font-style:italic;color:var(--ink-soft)}.ebody strong{font-weight:500;color:var(--ink)}
.ebody blockquote{font-family:'Fraunces',serif;font-weight:300;font-style:italic;font-size:clamp(21px,3vw,27px);line-height:1.3;color:var(--ink);margin:28px 0;padding-left:22px;border-left:2px solid var(--brass)}
.ebody hr{border:none;text-align:center;margin:32px 0}.ebody hr::before{content:"°";color:var(--brass);font-family:'Spline Sans Mono',monospace;font-size:20px;letter-spacing:.4em}
.ebody h2{font-family:'Fraunces',serif;font-weight:500;font-size:26px;margin:32px 0 14px;color:var(--ink)}
.efoot{margin-top:56px;padding-top:28px;border-top:1px solid var(--ink);font-family:'Spline Sans Mono',monospace;font-size:11px;color:var(--faint);letter-spacing:.05em}
main{padding:130px 0 100px}
.idx-hero{margin-bottom:72px}
.idx-hero .eyebrow{font-family:'Spline Sans Mono',monospace;font-size:11px;letter-spacing:.28em;text-transform:uppercase;color:var(--brass);margin-bottom:22px}
.idx-hero h1{font-family:'Fraunces',serif;font-weight:300;font-size:clamp(30px,5.4vw,46px);line-height:1.16;letter-spacing:-.015em;color:var(--ink);max-width:22ch}
.idx-hero h1 em{font-style:italic;color:var(--brass)}
.toc-label{font-family:'Spline Sans Mono',monospace;font-size:10.5px;letter-spacing:.24em;text-transform:uppercase;color:var(--faint);padding-bottom:14px;border-bottom:1px solid var(--ink);margin-bottom:8px;display:flex;justify-content:space-between}
.entry{display:grid;grid-template-columns:44px 1fr auto;gap:20px;align-items:baseline;padding:26px 8px 26px 4px;border-bottom:1px solid var(--rule-soft);text-decoration:none;color:inherit;transition:background .25s,padding .25s}
.entry:hover{background:var(--paper-lift);padding-left:14px}
.entry .num{font-family:'Spline Sans Mono',monospace;font-size:12px;color:var(--brass);padding-top:6px}
.entry h2{font-family:'Fraunces',serif;font-weight:400;font-size:clamp(21px,3vw,26px);line-height:1.15;color:var(--ink);margin-bottom:7px;transition:color .2s}
.entry:hover h2{color:var(--brass)}
.entry .draw{font-style:italic;font-size:16px;color:var(--ink-soft);line-height:1.4;max-width:46ch}
.entry .date{font-family:'Spline Sans Mono',monospace;font-size:11px;color:var(--faint);white-space:nowrap;padding-top:6px}
.index-foot{margin-top:64px;padding-top:26px;border-top:1px solid var(--ink);font-family:'Spline Sans Mono',monospace;font-size:11px;color:var(--faint);letter-spacing:.04em;line-height:1.9}
.index-foot b{color:var(--brass);font-weight:500}
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@media (prefers-reduced-motion:reduce){html{scroll-behavior:auto}}