/* A continuous route, with the same blue, apricot and soft surfaces as the hero. */
.process-refined {
  padding: 80px 0 64px;
  margin-top: 0;
  border-top: 1px solid var(--line);
  border-radius: 0;
  background: none;
}
.process-refined .process-heading {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 1.3fr) minmax(0, .8fr);
  gap: 48px;
  align-items: end;
  max-width: none;
  margin: 0;
}
.process-refined .eyebrow {
  display: flex;
  gap: 12px;
  align-items: center;
  margin: 0 0 24px;
  color: #59647e;
  font-size: .75rem;
  font-weight: 650;
  line-height: 1.7;
  letter-spacing: .09em;
}
.process-refined .eyebrow::before {
  content: "";
  flex: 0 0 24px;
  height: 2px;
  background: var(--apricot);
}
.process-refined .process-heading h2 {
  margin: 0;
  font-size: clamp(2.25rem, 3.5vw, 3rem);
  font-weight: 650;
  line-height: 1.17;
  letter-spacing: -.045em;
}
.process-heading h2 span { display: block; margin-top: 8px; color: var(--blue); }
.process-refined .section-intro {
  max-width: 380px;
  margin: 0 0 3px;
  color: var(--muted);
  font-size: 1rem;
  line-height: 1.8;
}
.process-refined .process-journey { position: relative; margin-top: 52px; padding: 0 44px; }
.process-refined .process-grid {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: repeat(2, minmax(0, 1fr));
  gap: 48px 64px;
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0;
}
.process-refined .process-grid li {
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
  min-width: 0;
  min-height: 0;
  padding: 0;
}
.process-refined .step-number {
  position: relative;
  inset: auto;
  z-index: 2;
  width: 56px;
  height: 56px;
  flex: 0 0 56px;
  margin: 0 0 20px 24px;
  border: 1px solid #cad3eb;
  background: #f3f5fd;
  color: #596885;
  font-size: 1rem;
  font-weight: 650;
  box-shadow: 0 0 0 7px #f3f4fa;
  transition: color .35s, background .35s, border-color .35s, box-shadow .35s;
}
.process-refined .step-number::before {
  content: "";
  position: absolute;
  inset: -7px;
  border: 1px solid var(--apricot);
  border-radius: inherit;
  opacity: 0;
  pointer-events: none;
}
.process-card {
  position: relative;
  overflow-wrap: anywhere;
  flex: 1;
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
  padding: 27px 28px 24px;
  border: 1px solid #d6deee;
  border-radius: 24px;
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #fbfcffe8, #eef2fce0);
  transition: border-color .4s, box-shadow .4s, transform .5s cubic-bezier(.2,.7,.2,1);
}
.process-card::before {
  content: "";
  position: absolute;
  inset: 0;
  border-radius: inherit;
  background: radial-gradient(ellipse at 0 0, #dbe3ffb3, transparent 70%);
  opacity: 0;
  pointer-events: none;
  transition: opacity .5s;
}
.process-card > * { position: relative; }
.process-refined .process-card h3 {
  margin: 0 0 13px;
  color: var(--ink);
  font-size: clamp(1.25rem, 1.8vw, 1.5rem);
  line-height: 1.35;
  letter-spacing: -.035em;
  font-weight: 650;
  transition: color .35s;
}
.process-card p { margin: 0 0 24px; color: var(--muted); font-size: 1rem; line-height: 1.75; }
.process-refined .step-result {
  display: block;
  margin-top: auto;
  padding-top: 18px;
  border-top: 1px solid #dce2ef;
  color: #344568;
  font-size: .875rem;
  font-weight: 600;
  line-height: 1.6;
}
.step-result-label {
  display: block;
  margin-bottom: 4px;
  color: #69748b;
  font-size: .75rem;
  font-weight: 500;
}
.process-refined li.step-active .step-number {
  background: var(--blue);
  border-color: var(--blue);
  color: #fff;
}
.process-refined li.step-active .step-result { color: #344568; }
.process-refined li.step-current .step-number {
  background: #ffe0c8;
  border-color: var(--apricot);
  color: #684226;
  box-shadow: 0 0 0 7px #ffeadb, 0 0 28px #ff965935;
}
.process-refined li.step-current .process-card {
  border-color: #aebdec;
  box-shadow: 0 12px 32px #2443910a;
  transform: translateY(-3px);
}
.step-current .process-card::before { opacity: 1; }
.process-refined li.step-current .process-card h3 { color: #3552ce; }
.process-refined .step-arriving .step-number::before { animation: process-arrival .85s ease-out both; }
.process-refined .journey-track { stroke: #ced7eb; stroke-width: 1.5; z-index: 0; }
.process-refined .journey-progress { stroke: var(--blue); stroke-width: 2.5; }
.process-refined .journey-trail { stroke: #9cb0ff; stroke-width: 7; opacity: .26; }
.process-refined .journey-spark { fill: var(--apricot); stroke: #fff8f0; stroke-width: 2; }
.process-refined .journey-spark-glow { fill: #ff965928; stroke: none; }
.process-refined .process-note {
  max-width: none;
  margin: 30px 44px 0;
  padding-top: 20px;
  border-top: 1px solid var(--line);
  color: var(--muted);
  font-size: .8125rem;
  line-height: 1.75;
}
@keyframes process-arrival {
  0% { opacity: .7; transform: scale(.86); }
  100% { opacity: 0; transform: scale(1.65); }
}
@media (max-width: 1000px) {
  .process-refined .process-heading { grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 1fr); gap: 22px; }
  .process-refined .section-intro { max-width: 640px; }
  .process-refined .process-grid { column-gap: 44px; }
  .process-refined .process-journey { padding-inline: 30px; }
  .process-card { padding: 24px; }
  .process-refined .process-note { margin-inline: 30px; }
}
@media (max-width: 800px) {
  .process-refined { padding-block: 56px; }
  .process-refined .process-heading h2 { font-size: clamp(2rem, 5.3vw, 2.625rem); }
  .process-refined .process-grid { gap: 38px 36px; }
  .process-refined .process-journey { padding-inline: 24px; margin-top: 40px; }
  .process-card { padding: 22px; border-radius: 22px; }
  .process-refined .process-note { margin-inline: 24px; }
}
@media (max-width: 600px) {
  .process-refined { padding-block: 46px; }
  .process-refined .process-heading { gap: 20px; }
  .process-refined .process-heading h2 { font-size: clamp(1.875rem, 7.5vw, 2.25rem); }
  .process-refined .eyebrow { margin-bottom: 20px; gap: 10px; letter-spacing: .065em; }
  .process-refined .eyebrow::before { flex-basis: 18px; }
  .process-refined .process-journey { margin-top: 32px; padding: 0; }
  .process-refined .process-grid { display: flex; flex-direction: column; gap: 24px; }
  .process-refined .process-grid li { padding-left: 60px; }
  .process-refined .step-number {
    position: absolute;
    left: 0;
    top: 20px;
    width: 42px;
    height: 42px;
    margin: 0;
    font-size: .875rem;
    box-shadow: 0 0 0 5px #f3f4fa;
  }
  .process-refined li.step-current .step-number { box-shadow: 0 0 0 5px #ffeadb, 0 0 22px #ff965928; }
  .process-card { padding: 22px 20px; border-radius: 20px; }
  .process-refined .process-card h3 { font-size: 1.25rem; margin-bottom: 12px; }
  .process-card p { margin-bottom: 20px; }
  .process-refined .step-result { padding-top: 16px; }
  .process-refined .process-note { margin: 26px 0 0 60px; }
}
@media (max-width: 360px) {
  .process-refined .process-grid li { padding-left: 52px; }
  .process-card { padding-inline: 16px; }
  .process-refined .step-number { width: 38px; height: 38px; font-size: .8125rem; }
  .process-refined .process-note { margin-left: 52px; }
}
@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
  .process-refined *, .process-refined *::before { animation: none !important; transition: none !important; }
  .process-refined .process-card { transform: none; }
  .process-refined .journey-spark, .process-refined .journey-spark-glow, .process-refined .journey-trail { display: none; }
}
.motion-paused .process-refined *, .motion-paused .process-refined *::before { animation: none !important; transition: none !important; }
.motion-paused .process-refined .process-card { transform: none; }
@media print {
  .process-refined .process-grid { display: block; }
  .process-refined .process-grid li { break-inside: avoid; padding: 0; margin-bottom: 24px; }
  .process-refined .step-number { position: relative; inset: auto; margin: 0 0 14px; }
  .process-refined .journey-track { display: none; }
}