#ManifestoContainer {
  height: 100dvh;
  width: 100%;
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  flex-direction: column;
  position: absolute;
  overflow: hidden;
  /* Prevent page-level scroll */
}

#ManifestoInnerContainer {
  height: 100%;
  width: 100%;
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
  align-items: center;
  overflow-y: auto;
  /* Inner scroll only */
  padding-bottom: 100px;
  /* Room for Back button */
}

#ManifestoInnerContainer h1 {
  font-size: clamp(2rem, 10vw, 3.5rem);
  color: #F0F0F0;
  margin-top: clamp(2rem, 8vw, 5rem);
  margin-bottom: clamp(1.5rem, 6vw, 3rem);
  /* Site-wide Aldrich on headings (inherits from index.css h1 rule); keep
     this rule for the other heading-specific styling. */
  text-align: center;
}

/* --- Thread layout: a vertical spine with glowing nodes per statement --- */
.manifesto-thread {
  position: relative;
  width: 90%;
  max-width: 820px;
  margin: 0 auto;
  padding: 2rem 0 3rem;
}

.thread-line {
  position: absolute;
  left: 14px;
  top: 0;
  bottom: 0;
  width: 2px;
  background: linear-gradient(
    to bottom,
    rgba(var(--blue-mid), 0) 0%,
    rgba(var(--blue-mid), 0.45) 10%,
    rgba(var(--blue-mid), 0.45) 90%,
    rgba(var(--blue-mid), 0) 100%
  );
  overflow: hidden;
}

.thread-pulse {
  position: absolute;
  left: -2px;
  width: 6px;
  height: 110px;
  background: linear-gradient(to bottom, transparent, rgb(var(--blue-bright)), transparent);
  filter: drop-shadow(0 0 6px rgb(var(--blue-bright)));
  opacity: 0;
  animation: thread-travel 7s ease-in-out infinite;
}

@keyframes thread-travel {
  0% { top: -110px; opacity: 0; }
  12% { opacity: 1; }
  88% { opacity: 1; }
  100% { top: 100%; opacity: 0; }
}

.story-container {
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
  gap: 2.5rem;
  position: relative;
}

.story-block {
  position: relative;
  padding-left: 52px;
  text-align: left;
}

.thread-node {
  position: absolute;
  left: 7px;
  top: 0.7rem;
  width: 16px;
  height: 16px;
  border-radius: 50%;
  background: rgb(var(--blue-darker));
  border: 2px solid rgb(var(--blue-bright));
  box-shadow: 0 0 8px rgba(var(--blue-bright), 0.45);
}

.story-block p {
  font-size: clamp(1.1rem, 2.4vw, 1.9rem);
  line-height: 1.6;
  color: #F0F0F0;
  /* Site-wide Rajdhani on body text (inherits from index.css body rule). */
  font-weight: 300;
  margin: 0;
}

.story-block .flair {
  color: rgb(var(--blue-bright));
  font-weight: bold;
}

.story-block em {
  color: #F0F0F0;
  font-style: italic;
  border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(var(--blue-bright), 0.6);
}

@media only screen and (max-width: 1050px) {
  #ManifestoInnerContainer h1 {
    font-size: 2.2rem;
    margin-bottom: 2rem;
  }

  .story-container {
    gap: 2.25rem;
  }

  .story-block {
    padding-left: 40px;
  }

  .story-block p {
    font-size: 1.3rem;
  }

  .thread-line {
    left: 10px;
  }

  .thread-node {
    left: 3px;
    width: 14px;
    height: 14px;
  }
}