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static/css/tree.css

@@ -351,7 +351,35 @@ th-bb .branch-date {
 /* branch-quote class for "air quote branches"; used to separate a subtree from a parent tree
    stylistically such that it's interpretable as a form of block quote. */
 ul.branch-quote {
-    padding: 8px;
+    --vertical-margin: 8px;
+    --padding: 8px;
+
+    margin-top: var(--vertical-margin);
+    margin-bottom: var(--vertical-margin);
+    padding-top: var(--padding);
+    padding-bottom: var(--padding);
+    padding-right: var(--padding);
     border: 1px solid var(--border-1);
     border-radius: 8px;
+
+    position: relative;
+
+
+    &::before {
+        --recursive-wght: 900;
+        --recursive-casl: 0;
+
+        content: '“';
+        position: absolute;
+        right: 16px;
+        top: 1px;
+        font-size: 3rem;
+        opacity: 50%;
+
+        transition: opacity var(--transition-duration);
+    }
+
+    &:hover::before {
+        opacity: 0%;
+    }
 }