/* ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
   Direction C — Quiet Editorial.
   Keeps the considered serif voice of the current page but strips the
   magazine devices: no signature graphic, no chapter numerals, no
   margin notes, no reading-progress bar, no status strip. A single
   italic emphasis per title is the only flourish that remains.
   ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── */

.dir-c { background: var(--surface); }

/* ─── Header ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────── */
.dir-c .c-header {
  background: var(--warm);
  padding: 72px 96px 56px;
  border-bottom: 2px solid var(--brass);
}

.dir-c .c-eyebrow {
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  gap: 14px;
  margin-bottom: 44px;
}
.dir-c .c-eyebrow-rule {
  width: 32px;
  height: 1px;
  background: var(--brass);
}
.dir-c .c-eyebrow-text {
  font-family: var(--fs);
  font-size: 10.5px;
  font-weight: 500;
  letter-spacing: 0.22em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  color: var(--ink-3);
}
.dir-c .c-eyebrow-text a { color: var(--ink-3); }
.dir-c .c-eyebrow-text a:hover { color: var(--ink); }
.dir-c .c-eyebrow .current { color: var(--ink); }
.dir-c .c-eyebrow .eyebrow-sep {
  color: var(--brass);
  opacity: 0.7;
}
.dir-c .c-eyebrow-stack {
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
  gap: 6px;
}
.dir-c .c-eyebrow-essay {
  font-family: var(--fs);
  font-size: 10px;
  font-weight: 500;
  letter-spacing: 0.18em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  color: var(--ink-3);
}
.dir-c .c-eyebrow-essay a {
  color: var(--brass);
  text-decoration: none;
}
.dir-c .c-eyebrow-essay a:hover {
  color: var(--ink);
}

.dir-c .c-title {
  font-family: var(--fd);
  font-size: 72px;
  line-height: 1.02;
  color: var(--ink);
  letter-spacing: -0.024em;
  margin: 0 0 28px;
  max-width: 14ch;
}
.dir-c .c-title em {
  font-style: italic;
  color: var(--brass);
}
.dir-c .c-deck {
  font-family: var(--fd);
  font-style: italic;
  font-size: 23px;
  line-height: 1.5;
  color: var(--ink-2);
  letter-spacing: -0.005em;
  max-width: 34ch;
  margin: 0;
}

.dir-c .c-glance {
  margin-top: 56px;
  padding-top: 18px;
  border-top: 1px solid rgba(27, 31, 46, 0.14);
  display: flex;
  gap: 18px;
  align-items: center;
  font-family: var(--fs);
  font-size: 12.5px;
  color: var(--ink-2);
  letter-spacing: 0.02em;
}
.dir-c .c-glance .sep {
  width: 1px;
  height: 12px;
  background: var(--border-strong);
}
.dir-c .c-glance em {
  font-family: var(--fd);
  font-style: italic;
  color: var(--ink);
}

/* ─── Body ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────── */
.dir-c .c-main {
  padding: 88px 96px 80px;
  max-width: 880px;
  margin: 0 auto;
}
.dir-c .c-section {
  padding: 56px 0;
  border-top: 1px solid var(--border);
  max-width: 640px;
  scroll-margin-top: calc(var(--nav-h) + 24px);
}
.dir-c .c-section:first-of-type {
  padding-top: 0;
  border-top: none;
}

.dir-c .c-kicker {
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  gap: 14px;
  margin-bottom: 22px;
}
.dir-c .c-kicker-num {
  font-family: var(--fs);
  font-size: 11px;
  font-weight: 500;
  letter-spacing: 0.16em;
  color: var(--brass);
}
.dir-c .c-kicker-text {
  font-family: var(--fs);
  font-size: 10px;
  font-weight: 500;
  letter-spacing: 0.24em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  color: var(--ink-3);
}
.dir-c .c-kicker-rule {
  flex: 1;
  height: 1px;
  background: var(--border);
  max-width: 80px;
}

.dir-c .c-h2 {
  font-family: var(--fd);
  font-size: 34px;
  line-height: 1.12;
  color: var(--ink);
  letter-spacing: -0.018em;
  margin-bottom: 28px;
  max-width: 20ch;
}
.dir-c .c-h2 em {
  font-style: italic;
  color: var(--brass);
}

.dir-c .c-section p {
  font-size: 16.5px;
  line-height: 1.78;
  color: var(--ink-2);
  font-weight: 400;
  margin-bottom: 20px;
}
.dir-c .c-section p:last-child { margin-bottom: 0; }
.dir-c .c-section p strong { font-weight: 500; color: var(--ink); }
.dir-c .c-section a.inline {
  color: var(--ink);
  border-bottom: 1px solid var(--brass);
}
.dir-c .c-section a.inline:hover { color: var(--brass-dk); }

/* ─── Continue block ─────────────────────────────────────────────── */
.dir-c .c-continue {
  margin-top: 80px;
  padding-top: 36px;
  border-top: 1px solid var(--border);
}
.dir-c .c-continue-head {
  font-family: var(--fs);
  font-size: 10px;
  font-weight: 500;
  letter-spacing: 0.24em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  color: var(--brass);
  margin-bottom: 24px;
}
.dir-c .c-continue-list {
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
}
.dir-c .c-cont-row {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: 60px 1fr auto;
  gap: 24px;
  align-items: baseline;
  padding: 20px 0;
  border-bottom: 1px solid var(--border);
}
.dir-c .c-cont-num {
  font-family: var(--fd);
  font-style: italic;
  font-size: 17px;
  color: var(--brass);
}
.dir-c .c-cont-title {
  font-family: var(--fd);
  font-size: 22px;
  color: var(--ink);
  letter-spacing: -0.01em;
}
.dir-c .c-cont-arrow {
  font-family: var(--fs);
  font-size: 10.5px;
  font-weight: 500;
  letter-spacing: 0.2em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  color: var(--ink-3);
}
.dir-c .c-cont-arrow .arr {
  color: var(--brass);
  margin-left: 8px;
}

/* ─── Essay ending ───────────────────────────────────────────────── */
.essay-end {
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
  border-top: 1px solid var(--border);
}
.essay-end-main {
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  justify-content: space-between;
  gap: 24px;
  padding: 32px 48px;
}
.essay-end-exits {
  display: flex;
  gap: 24px;
  padding: 14px 48px;
  border-top: 1px solid var(--border);
}
.essay-end-row {
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
  gap: 6px;
}
.essay-end-label {
  font-family: var(--fs);
  font-size: 9.5px;
  font-weight: 500;
  letter-spacing: 0.22em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  color: var(--ink-3);
}
.essay-end-title {
  font-family: var(--fd);
  font-size: 20px;
  color: var(--ink);
  letter-spacing: -0.01em;
  text-decoration: none;
  display: inline-flex;
  align-items: center;
  gap: 14px;
}
.essay-end-title:hover { color: var(--brass-dk); }
.essay-end-title:hover .arrow { transform: translateX(4px); }
.essay-end-contact {
  font-family: var(--fs);
  font-size: 10px;
  font-weight: 500;
  letter-spacing: 0.18em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  color: var(--ink-3);
  text-decoration: none;
  flex-shrink: 0;
  display: inline-flex;
  align-items: center;
  gap: 10px;
}
.essay-end-contact:hover { color: var(--ink); }
.essay-end-contact:hover .arrow { transform: translateX(4px); }

.essay-back {
  font-family: var(--fs);
  font-size: 10px;
  font-weight: 500;
  letter-spacing: 0.18em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  color: var(--ink-3);
  text-decoration: none;
}
.essay-back:hover { color: var(--ink); }

/* ─── Essay collection bar ───────────────────────────────────────── */
.essay-coll {
  background: var(--warm);
  border-top: 2px solid var(--brass);
  padding: 24px 48px;
  display: flex;
  align-items: baseline;
  flex-wrap: wrap;
  gap: 8px 20px;
}
.essay-coll-label {
  font-family: var(--fs);
  font-size: 9.5px;
  font-weight: 500;
  letter-spacing: 0.22em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  color: var(--ink-3);
  flex-shrink: 0;
  padding-right: 8px;
}
.essay-coll-link {
  font-family: var(--fd);
  font-size: 16px;
  color: var(--ink-2);
  letter-spacing: -0.005em;
  text-decoration: none;
}
.essay-coll-link:hover { color: var(--brass-dk); }
.essay-coll-current {
  color: var(--ink);
  pointer-events: none;
}
.essay-coll-sep {
  font-family: var(--fs);
  font-size: 10px;
  color: var(--border-strong);
}

@media (max-width: 860px) {
  .dir-c .c-header { padding: 56px 48px 44px; }
  .dir-c .c-main   { padding: 64px 48px 64px; }
}
@media (max-width: 600px) {
  .dir-c .c-header { padding: 48px 24px 36px; }
  .dir-c .c-main   { padding: 48px 24px 56px; }
  .dir-c .c-title  { font-size: 52px; }
  .dir-c .c-deck   { font-size: 19px; }
}

@media (max-width: 700px) {
  .essay-end-main { padding: 24px; flex-direction: column; align-items: flex-start; }
  .essay-end-exits { padding: 12px 24px; }
  .essay-coll { padding: 20px 24px; }
}