diff --git a/src/pages/index.astro b/src/pages/index.astro
index c45dcb6..39c0ccf 100644
--- a/src/pages/index.astro
+++ b/src/pages/index.astro
@@ -536,7 +536,7 @@ const canonical = new URL('/', Astro.site);
      right — the way the sentence reads, the way the verb points — then resting for
      the balance of the cycle. What separates this from a loading shimmer is
      everything quantitative: the light is the gradient's own mint rather than
-     white, the pass takes ~2.6s rather than one, it recurs every 11s rather than
+     white, the pass takes ~2.4s rather than one, it recurs every 11s rather than
      immediately, and the band is asymmetric — a long dim tail behind a crisp
      leading edge — so it reads as something moving through, not a surface effect.
      Over "that" (flat secondary grey) the glint is faint; over the "runs."
@@ -592,12 +592,13 @@ const canonical = new URL('/', Astro.site);
     background-clip: text;
     -webkit-background-clip: text;
     pointer-events: none;
-    /* The delay is set against the line's entrance, not the page's: the line
-       finishes rising at ~1.38s (480ms delay + 900ms rise), and the band needs
-       ~0.8s from keyframe start before its light reaches the first glyphs (the
-       park is off-glyph and the segment eases in). 0.7s lands the glint on
-       "that" just as the line settles — the light arrives with the words. */
-    animation: sheen-pass 11s 0.7s ease-in-out infinite;
+    /* The delay is set against the line's entrance, not the page's. The park
+       sits just off the first glyph, and the sweep segment is linear, so the
+       light enters ~0.06s after the delay ends — the delay IS the arrival
+       time. 0.85s starts the light while the line is still completing its rise
+       (opacity full at ~1.38s), so the two emerge together: the sheen's first
+       moments inherit the line's last moments of fade-in. */
+    animation: sheen-pass 11s 0.85s linear infinite;
   }
 
   .line-runs .that {
@@ -740,13 +741,16 @@ const canonical = new URL('/', Astro.site);
     from { transform: translate3d(0, 0, 0); }
   }
 
-  /* The pass occupies the first 24% of the cycle (~2.6s of 11s) and the rest is
+  /* The pass occupies the first 22% of the cycle (~2.4s of 11s) and the rest is
      dwell — the hold keyframe is constant, so nothing invalidates paint between
-     passes. ease-in-out applies per segment: the blade gathers speed and eases
-     out, rather than strafing across at the linear rate loaders use. */
+     passes. The sweep is linear on purpose: an eased segment read as the light
+     accelerating through the middle of the line (it was — ease-in-out is
+     fastest at its midpoint, which lands mid-word), and a runner holds a pace.
+     The softness at entry and exit comes from the band's own gradient profile,
+     not from the curve. */
   @keyframes sheen-pass {
     0% { background-position: -115% 0; }
-    26% { background-position: 235% 0; }
+    22% { background-position: 235% 0; }
     100% { background-position: 235% 0; }
   }