.hero-title {
    margin-top: 0 !important;
}
.tight-heading {
    margin-top: 0 !important;
}
/* Allow arrows to extend into the gaps */
.merit-process-row,
.merit-process-row .kt-row-column-wrap {
    overflow: visible !important;
}

/* Each Kadence column becomes the positioning reference */
.merit-process-row .kt-row-column-wrap > .wp-block-kadence-column {
    position: relative;
}

/* Arrow after the first three columns */
.merit-process-row
.kt-row-column-wrap
> .wp-block-kadence-column:not(:last-child)::after {
    content: "";
    position: absolute;
    top: 78px;
    right: -55px;
    width: 65px;
    height: 2px;
    background: #b48a41;
}

.merit-process-row
.kt-row-column-wrap
> .wp-block-kadence-column:not(:last-child)::before {
    content: "";
    position: absolute;
    top: 73px;
    right: -55px;
    width: 10px;
    height: 10px;
    border-top: 2px solid #b77a16;
    border-right: 2px solid #b77a16;
    transform: rotate(45deg);
}
.process-title {
    margin-bottom: 8px !important;
}
/* Increase spacing between primary navigation items */
.main-navigation .primary-menu-container > ul > li {
    margin-left: 18px;
    margin-right: 18px;
}
/* Footer links */
.site-footer a {
    color: #ffffff;
    text-decoration: none;
    transition: color .2s ease;
}

/* Gold hover */
.site-footer a:hover {
    color: #c79a43;
}
/* Footer heading - use normal capitalization */
.site-footer h1,
.site-footer h2,
.site-footer h3,
.site-footer h4,
.site-footer h5,
.site-footer h6 {
    text-transform: none;
    letter-spacing: 0;
}
/* MERIT footer cleanup */
.site-footer {
    min-height: 0 !important;
}

/* Main footer row */
.site-middle-footer-inner-wrap {
    min-height: 0 !important;
    padding-top: 35px !important;
    padding-bottom: 25px !important;
    align-items: center !important;
}

/* Bottom copyright row */
.site-bottom-footer-inner-wrap {
    min-height: 0 !important;
    padding-top: 15px !important;
    padding-bottom: 20px !important;
}

/* Remove extra spacing inside footer items */
.site-footer p,
.site-footer .footer-widget-area,
.site-footer .widget {
    margin-top: 0 !important;
    margin-bottom: 0 !important;
}

/* Tighten the three tagline lines */
.site-footer p {
    line-height: 1.45;
}

/* Copyright styling */
.site-footer .site-info-inner {
    font-size: 15px;
    text-align: center;
}/* Footer button */
.site-footer .wp-block-button__link {
    background: transparent !important;
    color: #B48A41 !important;
    border: 2px solid #B48A41 !important;
    border-radius: 2px !important;
    box-shadow: none !important;
}

/* Footer button hover */
.site-footer .wp-block-button__link:hover {
    background: #B48A41 !important;
    color: #111111 !important;
    border-color: #B48A41 !important;
}
.site-footer .wp-block-button__link {
    background: transparent !important;
    color: #B48A41 !important;
    border: 2px solid #B48A41 !important;
    border-radius: 0 !important;
    padding: 14px 30px !important;
    font-weight: 500 !important;
    letter-spacing: .06em !important;
    text-transform: uppercase !important;
    transition: all .25s ease;
}

.site-footer .wp-block-button__link:hover {
    background: #c79a43 !important;
    color: #111111 !important;
    border-color: #B48A41 !important;
}
.block-heading {
    margin-top: 0.3em !important;
	}
.merit-stats .wp-block-kadence-column {
    padding-right: 40px;
}
.merit-stats .wp-block-kadence-column {
    position: relative;
}
.merit-stats .wp-block-kadence-column:nth-child(1)::after,
.merit-stats .wp-block-kadence-column:nth-child(2)::after {
    content: "";
    position: absolute;
    top: 0;
    right: 0;
    width: 2px;
    height: 100%;
    background: #d9d9d9;
	}
.top-divider {
    position: relative;
}
.top-divider::before {
    content: "";
    position: absolute;
    top: -1px;
    left: 50%;
    transform: translateX(-50%);
    width: 1100px;
    height: 2px;
    background: #d9d9d9;
}
.email-contact-line {
    display: flex;
    align-items: center;
    justify-content: center;
    gap: 14px;
}

.email-contact-line img {
    width: 38px;
    height: 38px;
    object-fit: contain;
    flex-shrink: 0;
    margin: 0;
}

.email-contact-line p,
.email-contact-line span {
    margin: 0;
    line-height: 1.4;
}
.faq-accordion .wp-block-accordion-item {
    position: relative;
    border-bottom: none;
}

.faq-accordion .wp-block-accordion-item::after {
    content: "";
    position: absolute;
    bottom: 0;
    left: 50%;
    transform: translateX(-50%);
    width: 1200px;
    height: 1px;
    background: #d9d9d9;
}

.faq-accordion .wp-block-accordion-item:last-child::after {
    display: none;
}
.faq-accordion .wp-block-accordion-heading__toggle {
    max-width: 1200px;
    margin: 0 auto;
}
.faq-accordion .wp-block-accordion-panel {
    width: 1200px;
    max-width: calc(100% - 40px);
    margin: 0 auto;
}
.footer-links {
    display: flex;
    flex-direction: column;
    align-items: flex-end;
    gap: 8px;
    font-size: 16px;
    font-family: inherit;
    line-height: 1.7;
}

.footer-links a {
    color: #d0d0d0;
    text-decoration: none;
    font-family: inherit;
    transition: color 0.2s ease;
}

.footer-links a:hover {
    color: #b78a32;
}