/* stylelint-disable no-descending-specificity -- Independent article, sidebar and language-selector scopes. */
:root {
  --bg:#090c10;
  --panel:#10161d;
  --ink:#f4f0e6;
  --muted:#aab1b5;
  --dim:#74828d;
  --red:#fb675b;
  --gold:#ffce74;
  --jade:#61d5b0;
  --line:#35414a
}
* {
  box-sizing:border-box
}
html {
  scroll-behavior:smooth;
  background:var(--bg)
}
body {
  margin:0;
  color:var(--ink);
  font:18px/1.72 system-ui,-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",sans-serif;
  background:radial-gradient(ellipse 95% 600px at 50% -210px,#542b27 0,#202029 40%,transparent 95%),var(--bg)
}
a {
  color:var(--jade);
  text-underline-offset:3px
}
a:hover {
  color:var(--gold)
}
::selection {
  background:var(--red);
  color:#111
}
.shell {
  width:min(100% - 38px,1000px);
  margin:auto
}
.crumbs {
  display:flex;
  gap:10px;
  align-items:center;
  flex-wrap:wrap;
  padding:27px 0;
  color:var(--dim);
  font:700 12px/1.6 ui-monospace,SFMono-Regular,Consolas,monospace;
  letter-spacing:.11em;
  text-transform:uppercase
}
.crumbs a {
  text-decoration:none
}
.crumbs span {
  color:var(--red)
}
.hero {
  position:relative;
  overflow:hidden;
  padding:60px clamp(22px,6vw,72px) 48px;
  border:1px solid #744441;
  border-radius:20px;
  background:linear-gradient(145deg,#211d23 4%,#111b21 58%,#111318);
  box-shadow:0 24px 80px #0007
}
.kicker {
  color:var(--gold);
  font:700 12px/1.5 ui-monospace,SFMono-Regular,Consolas,monospace;
  letter-spacing:.21em;
  text-transform:uppercase
}
.hero h1 {
  max-width:820px;
  margin:20px 0 26px;
  font:900 clamp(2.8rem,7.5vw,6.1rem)/.99 Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;
  letter-spacing:-.065em
}
.hero h1 em {
  font-style:normal;
  color:var(--red)
}
.hero .lead {
  max-width:690px;
  font-size:clamp(1.2rem,2.7vw,1.55rem);
  line-height:1.48;
  color:#d1d9d7
}
.dateline {
  display:flex;
  gap:16px;
  flex-wrap:wrap;
  margin-top:27px;
  font:700 12px/1.5 ui-monospace,SFMono-Regular,Consolas,monospace;
  letter-spacing:.1em;
  color:var(--dim);
  text-transform:uppercase
}
.dateline strong {
  color:var(--jade)
}
.scene {
  position:relative;
  display:grid;
  grid-template-columns:1fr 1fr;
  gap:12px;
  margin-top:38px;
  max-width:760px
}
.creature {
  position:relative;
  min-height:165px;
  overflow:hidden;
  padding:17px 20px;
  border:1px solid #43535b;
  background:#121d23
}
.creature .hanzi {
  font:700 clamp(3.1rem,10vw,5.5rem)/1.15 serif;
  white-space:nowrap;
  letter-spacing:-.09em
}
.creature small {
  display:block;
  margin-top:5px;
  font:700 12px/1.3 ui-monospace,SFMono-Regular,Consolas,monospace;
  letter-spacing:.12em;
  text-transform:uppercase;
  color:#a3b0b5
}
.creature.alpaca {
  border-top:4px solid var(--gold)
}
.creature.alpaca .hanzi {
  color:var(--gold)
}
.creature.crab {
  border-top:4px solid var(--red)
}
.creature.crab .hanzi {
  color:var(--red)
}
.versus {
  display:grid;
  place-items:center;
  position:absolute;
  top:50%;
  left:50%;
  transform:translate(-50%,-50%);
  width:43px;
  height:43px;
  border-radius:50%;
  background:#0e151a;
  border:1px solid var(--line);
  color:var(--ink);
  font:800 14px ui-monospace,monospace;
  z-index:1
}
.layout {
  display:grid;
  grid-template-columns:minmax(0,1fr) 210px;
  gap:60px;
  align-items:start;
  margin:65px 0 100px
}
.article {
  min-width:0;
  max-width:725px
}
.article p {
  margin:0 0 23px;
  color:#d7dbd8
}
.article strong {
  color:#fff
}
.article h2 {
  margin:62px 0 23px;
  color:var(--gold);
  font:800 clamp(1.8rem,3.8vw,2.6rem)/1.12 Georgia,serif;
  letter-spacing:-.035em
}
.article h2:first-child {
  margin-top:0
}
.article h3 {
  margin:36px 0 12px;
  color:var(--jade);
  font:700 1.2rem/1.3 system-ui,sans-serif
}
.article blockquote {
  border-left:4px solid var(--red);
  margin:32px 0;
  padding:13px 0 14px 24px;
  color:var(--ink);
  font:italic 1.4rem/1.4 Georgia,serif
}
.article .intro {
  font-size:1.24rem;
  color:var(--ink)
}
.article code,.article .pinyin {
  font:600 .84em ui-monospace,SFMono-Regular,Consolas,monospace
}
.article code {
  color:var(--jade);
  padding:2px 5px;
  border:1px solid #24363b;
  background:#0c1718;
  border-radius:3px
}
.hanzi-inline {
  font-size:1.16em;
  color:var(--gold);
  font-weight:750
}
.legend {
  margin:28px 0 34px;
  padding:22px 25px;
  border-left:4px solid var(--jade);
  background:#111e21;
  color:#b9cbc6
}
.legend strong {
  display:block;
  color:var(--jade);
  font:800 12px ui-monospace,monospace;
  letter-spacing:.1em;
  margin-bottom:9px
}
.vocab {
  width:100%;
  border-collapse:collapse;
  margin:22px 0 30px;
  font-size:.91rem;
  line-height:1.45
}
.vocab th,.vocab td {
  text-align:left;
  vertical-align:top;
  padding:14px 12px;
  border-bottom:1px solid var(--line)
}
.vocab th {
  color:var(--gold);
  font:800 11px/1.4 ui-monospace,monospace;
  text-transform:uppercase;
  letter-spacing:.08em
}
.vocab td:first-child {
  white-space:nowrap;
  color:var(--gold);
  font-size:1.08rem
}
.vocab td:nth-child(2) {
  color:#b1ccc3;
  font:600 .8rem/1.8 ui-monospace,monospace
}
.notes {
  margin-top:56px;
  padding:25px;
  border:1px solid #3b454e;
  border-radius:8px;
  background:#11171d
}
.notes h2 {
  margin:0 0 14px;
  font:800 1.4rem Georgia,serif;
  color:var(--gold)
}
.notes p {
  margin:0 0 14px;
  font-size:.95rem
}
.notes ul {
  margin:0;
  padding-left:21px
}
.notes li {
  margin:10px 0;
  font-size:.93rem;
  line-height:1.5;
  color:var(--muted)
}
.sidebar {
  position:sticky;
  top:28px;
  padding:21px 17px;
  border:1px solid var(--line);
  border-top:4px solid var(--jade);
  background:#0c1218
}
.sidebar strong {
  font:800 12px ui-monospace,monospace;
  letter-spacing:.14em;
  color:var(--jade);
  text-transform:uppercase
}
.sidebar nav {
  display:grid;
  gap:11px;
  margin-top:16px
}
.sidebar a {
  color:#bcc9ca;
  text-decoration:none;
  font:600 13px/1.5 ui-monospace,monospace
}
.sidebar a:hover {
  color:var(--gold)
}
.sidebar p {
  margin:22px 0 0;
  color:var(--dim);
  font-size:12px;
  line-height:1.6
}
.endline {
  margin:55px 0 0;
  padding:25px 0;
  border-top:1px solid var(--line);
  font:700 12px/1.7 ui-monospace,monospace;
  letter-spacing:.04em;
  color:var(--dim)
}
.endline a {
  margin-right:20px
}
@media(max-width:760px) {
  .layout {
  grid-template-columns:1fr;
  gap:20px;
  margin-top:42px
}
.sidebar {
  position:static;
  grid-row:1
}
.sidebar nav {
  display:flex;
  flex-wrap:wrap;
  gap:8px 16px
}
.hero {
  padding-top:35px
}
.hero h1 {
  font-size:clamp(2.5rem,10vw,4.5rem)
}
.scene {
  grid-template-columns:1fr
}
.versus {
  display:none
}
.creature {
  min-height:120px
}
.creature .hanzi {
  font-size:3.1rem
}
.vocab th,.vocab td {
  padding:10px 7px
}
.vocab td:first-child {
  white-space:normal
}
.vocab {
  font-size:.77rem
}
}
@media(prefers-reduced-motion:reduce) {
  html {
  scroll-behavior:auto
}
}

.language-picker {
  margin-left:auto;
  display:flex;
  align-items:center;
  gap:6px;
  border:1px solid var(--line);
  border-radius:7px;
  padding:3px;
  background:#0f171e
}
.language-picker a {
  color:var(--muted);
  padding:5px 8px;
  text-decoration:none;
  border-radius:4px
}
.language-picker a[aria-current="page"] {
  background:#27373b;
  color:var(--gold)
}
.language-picker a:focus-visible {
  outline:2px solid var(--jade);
  outline-offset:2px
}