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+<script setup lang="ts">
+/**
+ * The core metaphor, as an animated SVG.
+ *
+ *   Underground  → the mycelium = our tech foundation / custom software
+ *                  stacks. Unseen, always working, connects everything.
+ *   Surface      → "flowers" (fruiting bodies) = physical locations
+ *                  (City + Farm) that people actually experience.
+ *   Ghost flowers→ once the mycelium runs, new locations sprout cheaply,
+ *                  anywhere in the world.
+ *
+ * Pure SVG + CSS so it scales crisply on a projector and respects
+ * prefers-reduced-motion.
+ */
+import Icon from './Icon.vue'
+import { locations } from '../data'
+
+const GROUND = 300
+
+// underground mycelium nodes (below the ground line)
+const nodes: [number, number][] = [
+  [330, 340], // root under city
+  [670, 340], // root under farm
+  [150, 335], // root under ghost 1
+  [500, 335], // root under ghost 2
+  [850, 335], // root under ghost 3
+  [90, 430],
+  [250, 480],
+  [410, 420],
+  [560, 470],
+  [720, 430],
+  [900, 470],
+  [180, 560],
+  [430, 560],
+  [620, 560],
+  [810, 560],
+]
+
+// threads weaving the mycelium together (indices into `nodes`)
+const edges: [number, number][] = [
+  [0, 7],
+  [0, 6],
+  [0, 2],
+  [0, 3],
+  [1, 8],
+  [1, 9],
+  [1, 3],
+  [1, 4],
+  [2, 5],
+  [2, 6],
+  [3, 7],
+  [3, 8],
+  [4, 9],
+  [4, 10],
+  [5, 11],
+  [6, 11],
+  [6, 12],
+  [7, 12],
+  [8, 13],
+  [9, 13],
+  [9, 14],
+  [10, 14],
+  [3, 0],
+  [3, 1],
+]
+
+// organic curved path between two nodes
+function thread([a, b]: [number, number], i: number) {
+  const [ax, ay] = nodes[a]
+  const [bx, by] = nodes[b]
+  const mx = (ax + bx) / 2 + (i % 2 ? 24 : -24)
+  const my = (ay + by) / 2 + (i % 3 ? 18 : -14)
+  return `M ${ax} ${ay} Q ${mx} ${my} ${bx} ${by}`
+}
+
+// surface flowers: the two real nodes + three faint "future" ones
+const flowers = [
+  { x: 330, kind: 'real', color: 'var(--color-pine-400)', name: locations.city.name, tag: 'City node' },
+  { x: 670, kind: 'real', color: 'var(--color-clay-400)', name: locations.farm.name, tag: 'Farm node' },
+  { x: 150, kind: 'ghost' },
+  { x: 500, kind: 'ghost' },
+  { x: 850, kind: 'ghost' },
+] as const
+</script>
+
+<template>
+  <div class="myc w-full">
+    <svg
+      viewBox="0 0 1000 600"
+      class="mx-auto h-auto w-full max-h-[50vh]"
+      role="img"
+      aria-label="Mycelial network diagram"
+    >
+      <defs>
+        <linearGradient id="skyGrad" x1="0" y1="0" x2="0" y2="1">
+          <stop offset="0%" stop-color="hsl(160 40% 10%)" stop-opacity="0" />
+          <stop offset="100%" stop-color="hsl(160 45% 12%)" stop-opacity="0.5" />
+        </linearGradient>
+        <linearGradient id="soilGrad" x1="0" y1="0" x2="0" y2="1">
+          <stop offset="0%" stop-color="hsl(28 40% 10%)" stop-opacity="0.55" />
+          <stop offset="100%" stop-color="hsl(28 45% 6%)" stop-opacity="0.15" />
+        </linearGradient>
+        <filter id="soft" x="-40%" y="-40%" width="180%" height="180%">
+          <feGaussianBlur stdDeviation="4" />
+        </filter>
+      </defs>
+
+      <!-- soil band -->
+      <rect x="0" :y="GROUND" width="1000" :height="600 - GROUND" fill="url(#soilGrad)" />
+      <rect x="0" y="0" width="1000" :height="GROUND" fill="url(#skyGrad)" />
+      <line
+        x1="0"
+        :y1="GROUND"
+        x2="1000"
+        :y2="GROUND"
+        stroke="var(--color-pine-500)"
+        stroke-opacity="0.35"
+        stroke-dasharray="2 6"
+      />
+
+      <!-- mycelium threads (glow underlay + crisp line + travelling pulse) -->
+      <g fill="none" stroke-linecap="round">
+        <path
+          v-for="(e, i) in edges"
+          :key="`glow-${i}`"
+          :d="thread(e, i)"
+          stroke="var(--color-pine-500)"
+          stroke-opacity="0.18"
+          stroke-width="6"
+          filter="url(#soft)"
+        />
+        <path
+          v-for="(e, i) in edges"
+          :key="`line-${i}`"
+          :d="thread(e, i)"
+          stroke="var(--color-pine-400)"
+          stroke-opacity="0.5"
+          stroke-width="1.4"
+        />
+        <path
+          v-for="(e, i) in edges"
+          :key="`pulse-${i}`"
+          class="myc-pulse"
+          :style="{ animationDelay: `${(i % 6) * 0.5}s` }"
+          :d="thread(e, i)"
+          stroke="var(--color-amber-300)"
+          stroke-width="2.2"
+          stroke-linecap="round"
+        />
+      </g>
+
+      <!-- mycelium nodes -->
+      <g>
+        <circle
+          v-for="(n, i) in nodes"
+          :key="`node-${i}`"
+          class="myc-node"
+          :style="{ animationDelay: `${(i % 5) * 0.6}s` }"
+          :cx="n[0]"
+          :cy="n[1]"
+          r="4"
+          fill="var(--color-pine-300)"
+        />
+      </g>
+
+      <!-- surface flowers -->
+      <g v-for="(f, i) in flowers" :key="`flower-${i}`">
+        <!-- stem -->
+        <path
+          :d="`M ${f.x} ${GROUND} C ${f.x - 6} ${GROUND - 26}, ${f.x + 6} ${GROUND - 44}, ${f.x} ${GROUND - 70}`"
+          fill="none"
+          :stroke="f.kind === 'real' ? f.color : 'var(--color-sand-dim)'"
+          :stroke-opacity="f.kind === 'real' ? 0.9 : 0.35"
+          :stroke-dasharray="f.kind === 'ghost' ? '3 5' : '0'"
+          stroke-width="5"
+          stroke-linecap="round"
+        />
+        <!-- cap -->
+        <template v-if="f.kind === 'real'">
+          <path
+            :d="`M ${f.x - 42} ${GROUND - 70} Q ${f.x} ${GROUND - 116} ${f.x + 42} ${GROUND - 70} Q ${f.x} ${GROUND - 82} ${f.x - 42} ${GROUND - 70} Z`"
+            :fill="f.color"
+            class="myc-cap"
+            :style="{ animationDelay: `${i * 0.4}s` }"
+          />
+          <circle :cx="f.x - 16" :cy="GROUND - 88" r="3" fill="hsl(0 0% 100% / 0.55)" />
+          <circle :cx="f.x + 12" :cy="GROUND - 92" r="2.4" fill="hsl(0 0% 100% / 0.45)" />
+          <text
+            :x="f.x"
+            :y="GROUND - 132"
+            text-anchor="middle"
+            class="myc-label-name"
+            :fill="f.color"
+          >
+            {{ f.name }}
+          </text>
+          <text :x="f.x" :y="GROUND - 152" text-anchor="middle" class="myc-label-tag">
+            {{ f.tag?.toUpperCase() }}
+          </text>
+        </template>
+        <!-- ghost future flower -->
+        <template v-else>
+          <path
+            :d="`M ${f.x - 30} ${GROUND - 70} Q ${f.x} ${GROUND - 104} ${f.x + 30} ${GROUND - 70} Q ${f.x} ${GROUND - 80} ${f.x - 30} ${GROUND - 70} Z`"
+            fill="none"
+            stroke="var(--color-sand-dim)"
+            stroke-opacity="0.35"
+            stroke-dasharray="3 5"
+            stroke-width="1.6"
+          />
+          <g class="myc-plus" :style="{ animationDelay: `${i * 0.7}s` }">
+            <circle :cx="f.x" :cy="GROUND - 86" r="9" fill="hsl(160 24% 9%)" stroke="var(--color-amber-400)" stroke-opacity="0.6" />
+            <path
+              :d="`M ${f.x - 4} ${GROUND - 86} h 8 M ${f.x} ${GROUND - 90} v 8`"
+              stroke="var(--color-amber-400)"
+              stroke-width="1.6"
+              stroke-linecap="round"
+            />
+          </g>
+        </template>
+      </g>
+
+      <!-- captions -->
+      <text x="500" y="34" text-anchor="middle" class="myc-zone">ABOVE GROUND · WHAT PEOPLE EXPERIENCE</text>
+      <text x="500" y="588" text-anchor="middle" class="myc-zone">UNDERGROUND · THE TECH FOUNDATION THEY NEVER SEE</text>
+    </svg>
+
+    <div class="mt-6 grid gap-4 text-sm sm:grid-cols-2">
+      <div class="flex items-start gap-3">
+        <span class="mt-0.5 text-pine-300"><Icon name="Layers" class="size-5" /></span>
+        <p class="text-sand-dim">
+          <span class="font-medium text-sand">The mycelium is the product.</span>
+          Custom software stacks and open hardware run out of sight — members feel it, they don’t see it.
+        </p>
+      </div>
+      <div class="flex items-start gap-3">
+        <span class="mt-0.5 text-amber-300"><Icon name="Sparkles" class="size-5" /></span>
+        <p class="text-sand-dim">
+          <span class="font-medium text-sand">Flowers are cheap to grow.</span>
+          Once the network is alive, each new location is just another fruiting body on proven infrastructure.
+        </p>
+      </div>
+    </div>
+  </div>
+</template>
+
+<style scoped>
+.myc-label-name {
+  font-family: var(--font-display);
+  font-size: 17px;
+  font-weight: 600;
+}
+.myc-label-tag {
+  font-size: 10px;
+  letter-spacing: 0.22em;
+  fill: var(--color-sand-dim);
+}
+.myc-zone {
+  font-size: 11px;
+  letter-spacing: 0.24em;
+  fill: var(--color-sand-dim);
+  opacity: 0.7;
+}
+
+.myc-pulse {
+  stroke-dasharray: 6 220;
+  animation: myc-flow 3.2s linear infinite;
+}
+@keyframes myc-flow {
+  from {
+    stroke-dashoffset: 226;
+  }
+  to {
+    stroke-dashoffset: 0;
+  }
+}
+
+.myc-node {
+  transform-box: fill-box;
+  transform-origin: center;
+  animation: myc-breathe 3s ease-in-out infinite;
+}
+@keyframes myc-breathe {
+  0%,
+  100% {
+    opacity: 0.5;
+    transform: scale(0.85);
+  }
+  50% {
+    opacity: 1;
+    transform: scale(1.25);
+  }
+}
+
+.myc-cap {
+  transform-box: fill-box;
+  transform-origin: bottom center;
+  animation: myc-sway 6s ease-in-out infinite;
+}
+@keyframes myc-sway {
+  0%,
+  100% {
+    transform: rotate(-1.5deg);
+  }
+  50% {
+    transform: rotate(1.5deg);
+  }
+}
+
+.myc-plus {
+  transform-box: fill-box;
+  transform-origin: center;
+  animation: myc-pop 3.4s ease-in-out infinite;
+}
+@keyframes myc-pop {
+  0%,
+  100% {
+    opacity: 0.4;
+  }
+  50% {
+    opacity: 1;
+  }
+}
+
+@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
+  .myc-pulse,
+  .myc-node,
+  .myc-cap,
+  .myc-plus {
+    animation: none;
+  }
+  .myc-pulse {
+    display: none;
+  }
+}
+</style>