From 033d761f5c27b07516306bb07f7d37087ff72652 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Mark=20Randall=20Havens=20=E2=96=B3=20The=20Empathic=20Tec?=
 =?UTF-8?q?hnologist=20=E2=9F=81=20Doctor=20Who=2042?=
 <mark.r.havens@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 9 Nov 2025 00:10:12 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Update styles.css

---
 public/styles.css | 12 ++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/public/styles.css b/public/styles.css
index ebe2ea5..4ca4c03 100755
--- a/public/styles.css
+++ b/public/styles.css
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ html, body {
   text-shadow: 0 0 8px var(--accent);
 }
 
-/* HORIZON LAYER: Emergent Sub-Navigation */
+/* NESTED HORIZON: Emergent Sub-Navigation with Animation */
 .sub-nav {
   display: none;
   position: fixed;
@@ -64,12 +64,20 @@ html, body {
   z-index: 950;
   align-items: center;
   opacity: 0;
-  transition: opacity var(--transition);
+  transform: translateY(-5px);
+  transition: opacity var(--transition), transform var(--transition);
 }
 
 .sub-nav.visible {
   display: flex;
   opacity: 1;
+  transform: translateY(0);
+  animation: fadeSlideDown .3s ease forwards;
+}
+
+@keyframes fadeSlideDown {
+  from { opacity: 0; transform: translateY(-5px); }
+  to { opacity: 1; transform: translateY(0); }
 }
 
 .sub-nav a {