.about-journey {
  background: var(--bg);
  color: var(--text);
}

.about-section {
  position: relative;
  width: 100%;
  padding: 5rem 1.25rem;
  overflow: clip;
}

.about-dark {
  background: var(--bg);
  color: var(--text);
}

.about-light {
  background: var(--bg-soft);
  color: var(--text);
}

.about-wrap {
  position: relative;
  z-index: 2;
  width: min(1120px, 100%);
  margin: 0 auto;
}

.about-narrow {
  width: min(920px, 100%);
}

.about-section-bg {
  position: absolute;
  inset: 0;
  width: 100%;
  height: 100%;
  object-fit: cover;
}

.about-section-overlay {
  position: absolute;
  inset: 0;
  background: linear-gradient(to top, rgba(8, 13, 18, 0.84), rgba(8, 13, 18, 0.28));
}

.about-hero {
  min-height: 100svh;
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  justify-content: center;
  text-align: center;
}

#story.about-hero {
  background: #0b1219;
}

#story.about-hero .about-section-bg {
  object-fit: cover;
  object-position: center center;
}

.about-hero-inner h1 {
  font-size: clamp(2.4rem, 7vw, 5.8rem);
  margin: 0 0 0.65rem;
}

.about-hero-handwriting {
  margin: 0 0 0.4rem;
  font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif;
  font-size: clamp(0.92rem, 1.8vw, 1.2rem);
  font-weight: 600;
  line-height: 1.2;
  letter-spacing: 0.03em;
  color: var(--text-soft);
  text-transform: uppercase;
}

.about-hero-subline {
  font-size: clamp(0.95rem, 1.9vw, 1.2rem);
  color: var(--text-soft);
  margin: 0;
}

.about-hero-nav {
  position: absolute;
  bottom: 1.25rem;
  left: 50%;
  transform: translateX(-50%);
  z-index: 3;
  display: flex;
  gap: 0.85rem;
  flex-wrap: wrap;
  justify-content: center;
  width: min(90vw, 960px);
}

.about-hero-nav a,
.about-soft-cta {
  text-decoration: none;
  border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(244, 246, 252, 0.36);
  padding-bottom: 0.2rem;
}

.about-opener {
  padding-top: 7rem;
  padding-bottom: 7rem;
}

.about-opener-layout {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: minmax(300px, 40vw) minmax(340px, 1fr);
  gap: 1.2rem;
  align-items: start;
  justify-content: center;
}

.about-opener-copy {
  width: 100%;
  max-width: 34ch;
  justify-self: end;
}

.about-opener p {
  font-size: clamp(1.04rem, 1.6vw, 1.2rem);
  line-height: 1.8;
  margin: 0;
}

.about-opener p + p {
  margin-top: 1rem;
}

.about-opener-copy p:first-child {
  font-size: clamp(1.4rem, 2.5vw, 2rem);
  line-height: 1.25;
}

.about-opener-grid {
  width: 100%;
  max-width: clamp(300px, 40vw, 560px);
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: repeat(3, minmax(0, 1fr));
  grid-template-rows: repeat(2, minmax(0, 1fr));
  gap: 0.4rem;
  margin-inline: 0 auto;
}

.about-opener-grid-item {
  margin: 0;
  aspect-ratio: 1 / 1;
  overflow: hidden;
  display: grid;
  place-items: center;
  background: rgba(8, 13, 18, 0.65);
}

.about-opener-grid-item img {
  width: 100%;
  height: 100%;
  object-fit: scale-down;
  object-position: center center;
  display: block;
}

/* Lock opener layout so cached/competing rules cannot blow up the image grid. */
#opener.about-opener .about-opener-layout {
  display: grid !important;
  grid-template-columns: minmax(300px, 40vw) minmax(340px, 1fr) !important;
  align-items: start !important;
  justify-content: center !important;
}

#opener.about-opener .about-opener-grid {
  width: 100% !important;
  max-width: clamp(300px, 40vw, 560px) !important;
  display: grid !important;
  grid-template-columns: repeat(3, minmax(0, 1fr)) !important;
  grid-template-rows: repeat(2, minmax(0, 1fr)) !important;
  gap: 0.4rem !important;
}

#opener.about-opener .about-opener-grid-item {
  aspect-ratio: 1 / 1 !important;
  overflow: hidden !important;
}

#opener.about-opener .about-opener-grid-item img {
  width: 100% !important;
  height: 100% !important;
  object-fit: cover !important;
  object-position: center center !important;
}

@media (min-width: 760px) {
  .about-opener-layout {
    gap: 1.8rem;
  }
}

@media (max-width: 560px) and (pointer: coarse) {
  .about-opener-layout {
    grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 1fr);
  }

  #opener.about-opener .about-opener-layout {
    grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 1fr) !important;
  }
}

.about-split-grid {
  display: grid;
  gap: 1.1rem;
}

.about-split-media img {
  width: 100%;
  height: min(56vh, 640px);
  object-fit: cover;
}

.about-split-copy p {
  color: var(--text-soft);
}

.about-quote {
  text-align: center;
  background: #0b1219;
}

#quote.about-quote {
  padding-top: 10rem;
  padding-bottom: 10rem;
}

#quote.about-quote .about-section-bg {
  object-fit: cover;
  object-position: center 66.67%;
}

.about-quote blockquote {
  margin: 0;
}

.about-quote p {
  font-size: clamp(1.35rem, 3.2vw, 2.5rem);
  line-height: 1.3;
}

.about-image-story {
  padding-top: 0;
}

.about-image-story-media img {
  width: 100%;
  height: min(74vh, 900px);
  object-fit: cover;
}

#whale-shark-story.about-image-story .about-image-story-media {
  background: #0b1219;
}

#whale-shark-story.about-image-story .about-section-bg {
  object-fit: cover;
  object-position: center center;
}

#whale-shark-story.about-image-story .about-image-story-media img {
  object-fit: cover;
}

.about-micro-caption {
  margin: 0.4rem 1.25rem 1.1rem;
  color: var(--text-soft);
  font-size: 0.84rem;
}

.about-card-grid {
  display: grid;
  gap: 0.9rem;
}

.about-gratitude {
  text-align: center;
}

.about-gratitude p {
  font-size: clamp(1.2rem, 2.5vw, 1.75rem);
  line-height: 1.5;
  color: var(--text);
  max-width: 48ch;
  margin: 0 auto;
}

#gratitude.about-gratitude {
  min-height: 86svh;
  display: flex;
  align-items: flex-start;
  padding-top: 9rem;
  padding-bottom: 9rem;
}

#gratitude.about-gratitude .about-wrap {
  margin-left: 0;
  margin-right: auto;
  position: relative;
  top: 66%;
  transform: translateY(-50%);
  text-align: left;
}

.about-card {
  background: rgba(8, 13, 18, 0.42);
  padding: 1rem;
}

.about-card p {
  color: var(--text-soft);
}

.about-process-grid {
  display: grid;
  gap: 0.9rem;
}

.about-process-block {
  background: rgba(15, 22, 31, 0.62);
  padding: 1rem;
}

.about-process-block p {
  color: var(--text-soft);
}

.about-strip-track {
  display: grid;
  grid-auto-flow: column;
  grid-auto-columns: minmax(72vw, 1fr);
  gap: 0.9rem;
  overflow-x: auto;
  scroll-snap-type: x mandatory;
  padding: 0 1.25rem 0.3rem;
}

.about-strip-item {
  margin: 0;
  scroll-snap-align: start;
}

.about-strip-item img {
  width: 100%;
  height: min(34vh, 420px);
  object-fit: cover;
}

#reality-check.about-strip {
  min-height: 100svh;
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  background: #0b1219;
}

#reality-check.about-strip .about-section-bg {
  object-fit: cover;
  object-position: center 68%;
}

#reality-check.about-strip .about-wrap {
  margin-left: auto;
  text-align: right;
}

.about-responsibility {
  text-align: center;
}

.about-responsibility-copy p {
  font-size: clamp(1.05rem, 2.1vw, 1.45rem);
  line-height: 1.65;
}

#responsibility.about-responsibility {
  min-height: 78svh;
  display: flex;
  align-items: flex-end;
}

#responsibility.about-responsibility .about-wrap {
  margin-left: auto;
  margin-right: 0;
  text-align: right;
  padding-right: 180px;
}

#responsibility.about-responsibility .about-section-overlay {
  background: linear-gradient(to top, rgba(8, 13, 18, 0.34), rgba(8, 13, 18, 0.14));
}

@media (max-width: 760px) {
  #responsibility.about-responsibility .about-wrap {
    padding-right: 92px;
  }
}

#what-i-do.about-cards,
#process.about-process,
#responsibility.about-responsibility {
  min-height: 78svh;
  padding-top: 8rem;
  padding-bottom: 8rem;
}

.about-direction-grid {
  display: grid;
  gap: 1rem;
}

.about-direction-col {
  padding: 0.9rem 0;
}

.about-direction-col p {
  margin-bottom: 0.42rem;
  color: var(--text-soft);
  font-size: 1.03rem;
}

.about-final-cta h2 {
  font-size: clamp(1.9rem, 4.8vw, 3.2rem);
}

#contact.about-final-cta .about-wrap {
  margin-left: auto;
  margin-right: 0;
  text-align: right;
  width: min(760px, 100%);
  padding-right: 180px;
}

.about-hero-nav a:focus-visible,
.about-soft-cta:focus-visible {
  outline: 2px solid var(--focus);
  outline-offset: 3px;
}

@media (min-width: 900px) {
  .about-section {
    padding: 7rem 2rem;
  }

  #what-i-do.about-cards,
  #process.about-process,
  #responsibility.about-responsibility {
    min-height: 90svh;
    padding-top: 10rem;
    padding-bottom: 10rem;
  }

  #quote.about-quote {
    padding-top: 12rem;
    padding-bottom: 12rem;
  }

  .about-split-grid {
    grid-template-columns: repeat(2, minmax(0, 1fr));
    align-items: center;
    gap: 1.4rem;
  }

  .about-card-grid {
    grid-template-columns: repeat(3, minmax(0, 1fr));
  }

  .about-process-grid {
    grid-template-columns: repeat(2, minmax(0, 1fr));
  }

  .about-strip-track {
    grid-auto-columns: minmax(32vw, 1fr);
    padding: 0 2rem 0.3rem;
  }

  .about-direction-grid {
    grid-template-columns: repeat(2, minmax(0, 1fr));
    gap: 2.2rem;
  }
}

@media (max-width: 760px) {
  .about-hero {
    min-height: 90svh;
  }

  .about-hero-nav {
    width: min(92vw, 420px);
    gap: 0.55rem;
    bottom: 0.9rem;
  }

  .about-hero-nav a,
  .about-soft-cta {
    white-space: normal;
    overflow-wrap: anywhere;
    line-height: 1.25;
  }

  #contact.about-final-cta .about-wrap {
    padding-right: 92px;
  }
}