diff --git a/frontend/src/styles/global.css b/frontend/src/styles/global.css
index 511f46e..9e76047 100644
--- a/frontend/src/styles/global.css
+++ b/frontend/src/styles/global.css
@@ -1984,23 +1984,31 @@ html.cybersigil body::after {
   background-size: 7px 7px;
 }
 
-/* Slow background growth — one generated sigil (DOM injected by CyberFx),
- * spreading from its central spine out to both sides, rotating almost
- * imperceptibly. Sits behind the imagery (see image-lift rules below). */
+/* Background growth — one generated sigil (DOM injected by CyberFx),
+ * spreading from its central spine out to both sides. Its strokes carve
+ * in and wipe out forever (staggered per --i) so the whole figure is
+ * perpetually redrawing itself. Sits behind the imagery. */
 .cybersigil .cs-fx-wire {
   top: 50%;
   left: 50%;
   width: 92vmin;
   height: 92vmin;
   opacity: 0.14;
-  animation: cs-wire-spin 120s linear infinite;
+  transform: translate(-50%, -50%);
 }
 .cybersigil .cs-fx-wire .cs-sigil {
   filter: drop-shadow(0 0 6px color-mix(in srgb, var(--sky) 35%, transparent));
 }
 .cybersigil .cs-fx-wire .cs-sigil path {
-  animation: cs-carve 2400ms ease-out forwards;
-  animation-delay: calc(var(--i, 0) * 70ms);
+  animation: cs-redraw 5.5s ease-in-out infinite;
+  /* negative, per-stroke offset: the field is always mid-carve, never blank */
+  animation-delay: calc(var(--i, 0) * -0.34s);
+}
+@keyframes cs-redraw {
+  0%   { stroke-dashoffset: 1; }
+  35%  { stroke-dashoffset: 0; }
+  60%  { stroke-dashoffset: 0; }
+  100% { stroke-dashoffset: -1; }
 }
 
 /* Random horizontal databend tears — bright displaced bars, mostly absent. */
@@ -3021,10 +3029,6 @@ html.cybersigil body::after {
   0%, 49%  { opacity: 1; }
   50%, 100% { opacity: 0; }
 }
-@keyframes cs-wire-spin {
-  from { transform: translate(-50%, -50%) rotate(0deg); }
-  to   { transform: translate(-50%, -50%) rotate(360deg); }
-}
 @keyframes cs-flicker {
   0%, 8%    { opacity: 0.26; }
   9%        { opacity: 0.46; }
@@ -3057,4 +3061,10 @@ html.cybersigil body::after {
     transition-duration: 0.001ms !important;
     scroll-behavior: auto !important;
   }
+  /* The looping background sigil would otherwise collapse to its hidden
+   * end-state — pin it fully drawn instead so it stays visible, just still. */
+  .cybersigil .cs-fx-wire .cs-sigil path {
+    animation: none !important;
+    stroke-dashoffset: 0 !important;
+  }
 }