diff --git a/src/pages/index.astro b/src/pages/index.astro
index d1b90ab..c45dcb6 100644
--- a/src/pages/index.astro
+++ b/src/pages/index.astro
@@ -592,7 +592,12 @@ const canonical = new URL('/', Astro.site);
     background-clip: text;
     -webkit-background-clip: text;
     pointer-events: none;
-    animation: sheen-pass 11s 2.6s ease-in-out infinite;
+    /* 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;
   }
 
   .line-runs .that {