/* Homepage stories: shared kicker, prose and button styles plus the photo banner. */
.home-stories { position: relative; scroll-margin-top: calc(var(--home-header-height, 88px) + 95px); }
.home-stories section { scroll-margin-top: var(--home-header-height, 88px); }
.kwa-home .home-stories .home-story-kicker { margin: 0; color: #3E6423; font-family: 'Poppins', sans-serif; font-size: 32px; font-weight: 400 !important; line-height: 1.3; letter-spacing: 3.4px; text-transform: uppercase; }
.kwa-home .home-stories h2 { margin: 16px 0 0; color: #231F20; font-family: 'Poppins', sans-serif !important; font-size: 21px !important; font-weight: 800 !important; line-height: 1.25 !important; letter-spacing: 1.5px; text-transform: uppercase; }
.home-story-prose { margin-top: 22px; }
.kwa-home .home-stories .home-story-prose p { margin: 0; font-family: 'Poppins', sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.6; }
.kwa-home .home-stories .home-story-prose p + p { margin-top: 18px; }
.home-story-dropcap::first-letter { float: left; margin: 4px 10px 0 0; padding: 3px 12px 4px; background: #3E6423; color: #FFFFFF; font-size: 48px; font-weight: 800; line-height: 1.1; }
.kwa-home .home-stories .home-story-button { display: inline-flex; align-items: center; justify-content: center; gap: 9px; min-height: 42px; margin-top: 32px; padding: 12px 25px; border: 1px solid transparent; border-radius: 1px; font-family: 'Poppins', sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 700 !important; line-height: 1.4; text-decoration: none; transition: background-color .2s, color .2s, border-color .2s; }
.kwa-home .home-stories .home-story-button--gold { background: #755431; color: #FFFFFF; }
.kwa-home .home-stories .home-story-button--gold:hover { background: #F7F4ED; color: #231F20; }
.kwa-home .home-stories .home-story-button--olive { background: #3E6423; color: #FFFFFF; text-transform: uppercase; }
.kwa-home .home-stories .home-story-button--brown { background: #755431; color: #FFFFFF; }
.kwa-home .home-stories .home-story-button--olive:hover { background: #755431; border-color: #6B9A40; }
.kwa-home .home-stories .home-story-button--brown:hover { background: #3E6423; }
.home-story-button:focus-visible { outline: 3px solid #6B9A40; outline-offset: 5px; }
.home-story-button svg { flex: 0 0 16px; width: 16px; height: 16px; }

.home-begin { position: relative; isolation: isolate; min-height: 586px; overflow: hidden; border-top: 3px solid rgba(247,244,237,.45); background: #231F20; }
.home-begin-image { position: absolute; z-index: -3; inset: 0; display: block; width: 100%; height: 100%; object-fit: cover; object-position: center 45%; }
.home-begin-shade { position: absolute; z-index: -2; inset: 0; background: linear-gradient(90deg, rgba(0,0,0,.72), rgba(0,0,0,.46) 52%, rgba(0,0,0,.16)); }
.home-begin-pattern { position: absolute; z-index: -1; inset: 0 0 auto; height: 64px; background: url('../img/hero/peaks-pattern.svg') repeat-x top left / 156px 64px; opacity: .2; pointer-events: none; mask-image: linear-gradient(#000 45%, transparent); }
.home-begin-inner { display: flex; align-items: center; min-height: inherit; max-width: 1500px; margin: 0 auto; padding: 90px clamp(28px, 8.45vw, 126px); }
.home-begin-copy { max-width: 690px; }
.kwa-home .home-stories .home-begin h2 { margin: 0; color: #FFFFFF; font-size: 34px !important; line-height: 1.15 !important; letter-spacing: -.7px; }
.kwa-home .home-stories .home-begin-copy > p { max-width: 665px; margin: 18px 0 0; color: #FFFFFF; font-family: 'Poppins', sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.4; }

@media (max-width: 1099px) {
    .kwa-home .home-stories .home-story-kicker { font-size: 28px; letter-spacing: 2.8px; }
    .kwa-home .home-stories h2 { font-size: 20px !important; }
}
@media (max-width: 899px) {
    .home-begin { min-height: 540px; }
}
@media (max-width: 599px) {
    .kwa-home .home-stories .home-story-kicker { font-size: 25px; letter-spacing: 2.2px; }
    .kwa-home .home-stories h2 { font-size: 19px !important; letter-spacing: 1px; }
    .kwa-home .home-stories .home-story-prose p { font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.7; }
    .home-story-dropcap::first-letter { margin-right: 9px; padding: 3px 10px; font-size: 43px; }
    .kwa-home .home-stories .home-story-button { max-width: 100%; margin-top: 26px; padding-right: 21px; padding-left: 21px; font-size: 12px; }
    .home-begin { min-height: 530px; }
    .home-begin-image { object-position: 68% 45%; }
    .home-begin-inner { padding: 70px 22px; }
    .home-begin-shade { background: linear-gradient(90deg, rgba(0,0,0,.75), rgba(0,0,0,.42)); }
    .kwa-home .home-stories .home-begin h2 { font-size: 30px !important; letter-spacing: -.5px; }
    .kwa-home .home-stories .home-begin-copy > p { font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; }
}
@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
    .kwa-home .home-stories .home-story-button { transition: none; }
}