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/* Editorial hierarchy and quiet chrome icon motion. */
.about-line-icon{display:block;width:34px;height:34px;color:#bdd3e2;margin-bottom:24px;filter:drop-shadow(0 0 8px #a6d9f015)}
.about-card .about-line-icon{width:32px;height:32px;margin-bottom:20px;stroke-dasharray:90;stroke-dashoffset:0;transition:stroke-dashoffset .8s ease,filter .5s ease}
.about-card:hover .about-line-icon{stroke-dashoffset:12;filter:drop-shadow(0 0 7px #b8e2f070)}
.about-page .about-story{grid-template-columns:.8fr 1.2fr;gap:72px}.about-story>div:last-child{padding-left:32px;border-left:1px solid #bdd3e225}.about-story p{font-size:16px;line-height:1.85}
.about-page #team{padding-top:56px;padding-left:0;padding-right:0}.about-page #team>div:not(.home-section-motion){max-width:none}.about-team article{border-bottom:1px solid #a7bfd02b;padding-bottom:18px}.about-leadership{padding:0;border:0;background:none;border-radius:0}
.about-leadership-divider{height:1px;background:#ffffff17;margin:48px 0 32px}
.about-link-line{width:20px;height:1px;background:currentColor;transition:width .45s ease}.about-link:hover .about-link-line{width:30px}.about-protected-image{user-select:none;-webkit-user-drag:none;-webkit-touch-callout:none}
.about-page .about-principles{grid-template-columns:repeat(2,1fr)}.about-page .about-principles .about-card{display:grid;grid-template-columns:40px 1fr;gap:20px;align-items:start}.about-principles .about-card p{margin:0}.about-principles .about-card svg{margin:0}
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@media(prefers-reduced-motion:reduce){.about-card .about-line-icon,.about-link-line{transition:none}}

/* Match Malik photo to team photo width on mobile */
@media(max-width:600px){.about-leadership>img{width:calc((100% - 16px) / 2)}}

/* Brand marks and larger chrome section symbols. */
.about-section-logo{display:block;width:56px;height:56px;object-fit:contain;mix-blend-mode:screen;margin-bottom:24px;user-select:none;-webkit-user-drag:none;}
.about-section-symbol{width:48px;height:48px;padding:5px;color:#cfdee8;stroke-width:1;filter:drop-shadow(0 0 10px #a9d9f02b);stroke-dasharray:130;stroke-dashoffset:0;transition:stroke-dashoffset 1.1s ease,filter .6s ease;}
.about-section:hover>.about-section-symbol,.about-story:hover .about-section-symbol{stroke-dashoffset:8;filter:drop-shadow(0 0 12px #bde7ff66);}
@media(prefers-reduced-motion:reduce){.about-section-symbol{transition:none}.about-section:hover>.about-section-symbol,.about-story:hover .about-section-symbol{stroke-dashoffset:0}}

/* Monochrome brand marks alongside the chrome line icons. */
.about-page .about-section-logo { filter:grayscale(1) contrast(1.35) brightness(1.15); mix-blend-mode:screen; background:transparent; border:0; border-radius:0; box-shadow:none; }

/* Invert the black-on-white Lotus asset into a white stencil. */
.about-page .about-section-logo[alt="Black Lotus Ventures"] { filter:grayscale(1) contrast(8) invert(1); mix-blend-mode:screen; }

/* Boxed Black Lotus badge: black mark on white. */
.about-page .about-section-logo[alt="Black Lotus Ventures"] { filter:grayscale(1) contrast(1.35); mix-blend-mode:normal; background:#fff; border:1px solid #fff; padding:5px; box-sizing:border-box; border-radius:0; }

/* Lotus badge shares the dark, silver-framed Tiberius treatment. */
.about-page .about-section-logo[alt="Black Lotus Ventures"] { filter:grayscale(1) invert(1) brightness(.85); mix-blend-mode:normal; background:#fff; border:1px solid #444; padding:3px; box-shadow:inset 0 0 0 2px #fff,inset 0 0 0 3px #777; border-radius:0; width:56px; height:56px; }

/* Focused closing invitation. */
.about-page .about-closing{padding-block:80px;max-width:1000px;text-align:center;}
.about-closing>.about-section-symbol{margin:0 auto 26px;width:52px;height:52px;}
.about-closing h2{max-width:740px;margin:0 auto 30px;}
.about-closing-copy{max-width:680px;margin:0 auto 32px;}
.about-closing-copy p{margin:0 0 10px;font-size:17px;line-height:1.7;color:#b9c4ce;}
.about-closing-copy .about-closing-resolution{margin-top:26px;padding-top:24px;border-top:1px solid #c0d2df24;color:#edf3f7;font-size:20px;}
.about-closing .about-link{min-height:52px;}
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/* Clear results hierarchy and a contained closing invitation. */
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.about-results-intro>p{max-width:580px;margin:0 0 14px;}
.about-results-intro>.about-link{margin-top:16px;gap:12px;}
.about-results-refined .about-metrics{display:grid;grid-template-columns:1fr;margin:0;gap:0;}
.about-results-refined .about-metrics>div{display:grid;grid-template-columns:150px minmax(0,1fr);align-items:center;gap:20px;padding:24px 0;border-bottom:1px solid #ffffff20;}
.about-results-refined .about-metrics>div:first-child{border-top:1px solid #ffffff20;}
.about-results-refined .about-metrics strong{font-size:clamp(36px,4vw,48px);line-height:1.1;white-space:nowrap;}
.about-results-refined .about-metrics p{margin:0;font-size:15px;line-height:1.6;}
.about-page .about-closing{max-width:1248px;padding-block:48px 72px;}
.about-closing-panel{padding:clamp(28px,5vw,64px);border:1px solid #c0d2df26;border-radius:8px;background:radial-gradient(ellipse at 50% 0%,#b4d1e312,transparent 65%),#0d1218;}
.about-closing-panel>.about-section-symbol{display:block;margin:0 auto 24px;width:40px;height:40px;}
.about-page .about-closing-panel h2{margin:0 auto 24px;max-width:720px;}
.about-closing-panel .about-link{gap:12px;justify-content:center;max-width:100%;}
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/* Close-up silver liquid within the final invitation. */
.about-page .about-closing-panel{position:relative;isolation:isolate;overflow:hidden;background:#0b1016;border-color:#c9dce34d;box-shadow:0 0 36px #b4d4e410;}
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.about-page .about-closing-panel::after{content:'';position:absolute;inset:0;z-index:-1;pointer-events:none;background:radial-gradient(ellipse at center,#080d16c7 0%,#080d1699 55%,#080d1655 100%);}
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@keyframes about-liquid-drift{from{transform:scale(3.2) rotate(72deg) translate(-3%,2%);}to{transform:scale(3.65) rotate(88deg) translate(3%,-3%);}}
@media(prefers-reduced-motion:reduce){.about-page .about-closing-panel>.about-cta-liquid{animation:none;}}

/* Shared 56px mark. The Tiberius file has a black margin around its square,
   so scale that artwork until the existing stroke fills the slot. The Lotus
   file is full-bleed; a single pre-invert hairline replaces the double
   inset frame so both marks share one outer size and left edge. */
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.about-page .about-logo-slot>.about-section-logo{position:absolute;margin:0;max-width:none;}
.about-page .about-logo-slot>.about-section-logo[alt="Tiberius Digital"]{width:69.55px;height:69.55px;left:-6.72px;top:-6.18px;}
.about-page .about-logo-slot>.about-section-logo[alt="Black Lotus Ventures"]{inset:0;width:56px;height:56px;padding:0;border:2px solid #0c0c0c;box-shadow:none;background:transparent;object-fit:cover;box-sizing:border-box;}