diff --git a/src/server/team.ts b/src/server/team.ts
index f86f56e..1e97c80 100644
--- a/src/server/team.ts
+++ b/src/server/team.ts
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ export function renderTeamHtml(cwd: string): string {
   <script>
     (function() {
       var NS = 'http://www.w3.org/2000/svg';
-      var SEG = 680, EDGE_DUR = 1500;
+      var SEG = 720, EDGE_DUR = 1850;
       var connDot = document.getElementById('conn-dot');
       var edgeMap = {};   // nodeId -> { fwd, rev } path from its parent
       var parentOf = {};  // nodeId -> parent nodeId
@@ -334,28 +334,41 @@ export function renderTeamHtml(cwd: string): string {
         p.setAttribute('d', dir === 'up' ? e.rev : e.fwd);
         svg.appendChild(p);
         var len = p.getTotalLength();
-        p.style.strokeDasharray = '20 ' + (len + 20);
-        p.style.strokeDashoffset = String(len + 20);
+        // One dash with an effectively infinite gap → no second dash can wrap
+        // around onto the path. It travels origin(0) → target(len) → off, and
+        // fill:forwards holds the off-path end so it never snaps back to origin.
+        p.style.strokeDasharray = '20 100000';
+        p.style.strokeDashoffset = '0';
         var done = function() {
           try { p.remove(); } catch (_) {}
           // Only the final destination lights up — waypoints (e.g. CEO on a
           // peer-to-peer handoff) are just passed through, not "involved".
           if (doFlash) flash(dir === 'up' ? nodeById(parentOf[nodeId]) : nodeById(nodeId));
         };
-        if (p.animate) { p.animate([{ strokeDashoffset: len + 20 }, { strokeDashoffset: 0 }], { duration: EDGE_DUR, easing: 'cubic-bezier(.4,0,.5,1)' }).onfinish = done; }
-        else setTimeout(done, EDGE_DUR);
+        if (p.animate) {
+          // ease-in-out: slower leaving the origin card and arriving at the target's last branch.
+          p.animate([{ strokeDashoffset: 0 }, { strokeDashoffset: -(len + 24) }],
+            { duration: EDGE_DUR, easing: 'cubic-bezier(.5,0,.5,1)', fill: 'forwards' }).onfinish = done;
+        } else setTimeout(done, EDGE_DUR);
       }
 
-      // A pulse that travels the whole path root→node (down) or node→root (up).
-      function pulsePath(nodeId, dir) {
-        var chain = []; var cur = nodeId;
-        while (cur && edgeMap[cur]) { chain.push(cur); cur = parentOf[cur]; }   // node → topChild
-        if (dir === 'down') chain.reverse();                                    // topChild → node
-        chain.forEach(function(id, i) { setTimeout(function() { firePulseEdge(id, dir, i === chain.length - 1); }, i * SEG); });
+      // The delegation hub = the architect (the root's single child), so real
+      // pulses originate at the architect, not the CEO above it.
+      function hubId() {
+        var root = document.querySelector('.node[data-parent=""]') || document.querySelector('.node[data-node-id]');
+        if (!root) return null;
+        var rid = root.getAttribute('data-node-id');
+        var kids = document.querySelectorAll('.node[data-parent="' + rid + '"]');
+        return kids.length === 1 ? kids[0].getAttribute('data-node-id') : rid;
       }
       function pulseToAgent(agent, dir) {
+        var hub = hubId();
+        if (!hub) return;
         document.querySelectorAll('.node[data-agent="' + (agent||'').replace(/"/g,'') + '"]').forEach(function(n) {
-          pulsePath(n.getAttribute('data-node-id'), dir);
+          var id = n.getAttribute('data-node-id');
+          if (id === hub) return;
+          if (dir === 'down') pulseBetween(hub, id);   // architect → agent (delegation)
+          else pulseBetween(id, hub);                  // agent → architect (review)
         });
       }