/* Quieter supporting imagery so the message, not the scenery, leads. */
.cinematic-case img {
  filter: saturate(.82) contrast(.92);
}

.cinematic-case:hover img {
  filter: saturate(.96) contrast(.95);
}

/* Promote the hero's resolved-layer annotation into a meaningful object. */
.hero-layer-trace {
  width: 540px;
  bottom: 210px;
  grid-template-columns: 145px 1fr;
  gap: 22px;
  padding: 19px 22px;
  font-size: 10px;
  line-height: 1.5;
  box-shadow: 0 18px 55px rgba(13, 22, 15, .24);
}

.hero-layer-trace span {
  font-size: 11px;
  border-right: 1px solid rgba(255, 255, 255, .2);
}

/* Cartographic texture for the two deliberately quieter narrative sections. */
.thesis-grid,
.evidence-card {
  position: relative;
}

.thesis-grid::before {
  content: none;
}

.evidence-card::before {
  content: "";
  position: absolute;
  z-index: 0;
  width: 540px;
  height: 420px;
  right: -70px;
  bottom: -150px;
  opacity: .48;
  background:
    repeating-radial-gradient(ellipse at 52% 48%, transparent 0 47px, rgba(23, 32, 25, .09) 48px 49px, transparent 50px 92px);
  transform: rotate(11deg);
  pointer-events: none;
}

.evidence-card::after {
  content: none;
}

@media (max-width: 900px) {
  .hero-layer-trace {
    width: min(500px, 64vw);
  }
}