diff --git a/components/primitives/HiloConductor.tsx b/components/primitives/HiloConductor.tsx
index 64799e0..99b3574 100644
--- a/components/primitives/HiloConductor.tsx
+++ b/components/primitives/HiloConductor.tsx
@@ -38,10 +38,11 @@ const TRAZO = Array.from({ length: TRAMOS }, (_, i) => {
   return `C ${x} ${y + PASO * 0.25}, ${salida} ${y + PASO * 0.75}, 50 ${y + PASO}`;
 }).reduce((d, tramo) => `${d} ${tramo}`, 'M50 0');
 
-// The draw finishes at 85% of the document instead of at the very bottom:
-// scrollYProgress only reaches 1 past the footer, so tying the thread to it
-// left the tip trailing in mid-screen and the ending never seen.
-const FIN = 0.85;
+// The draw finishes halfway down the document. Tied to raw scrollYProgress the
+// leading tip sat in mid-viewport for most of the page, reading as an amputated
+// stub — the "unfinished" complaint. Finishing early lets the tip outrun the
+// reader within the hero and leaves a complete spine for everything after.
+const FIN = 0.5;
 
 export function HiloConductor({ className = '' }: { className?: string }) {
   const reduced = usePrefersReducedMotion();
@@ -87,8 +88,12 @@ export function HiloConductor({ className = '' }: { className?: string }) {
       {/* Mirrors Container's own centring (`mx-auto max-w-content`) so the
           thread is measured from the real column edge and stays centred in it. */}
       <div className="relative mx-auto h-full w-full max-w-content">
+        {/* Explicit height, never a top+bottom pair: an <svg> carrying a viewBox
+            is a replaced element with an intrinsic 100:1200 ratio, so `height:
+            auto` resolves from the width (1152 → 13824px) and silently wins
+            over `bottom`, adding ~6000px of blank scroll below the footer. */}
         <svg
-          className="absolute top-0 bottom-20 left-1/2 w-full -translate-x-1/2 text-dorado/25"
+          className="absolute top-0 left-1/2 h-[calc(100%-5rem)] w-full -translate-x-1/2 text-dorado/25"
           viewBox={`0 0 100 ${ALTO}`}
           preserveAspectRatio="none"
           aria-hidden="true"
diff --git a/components/primitives/__tests__/HiloConductor.test.tsx b/components/primitives/__tests__/HiloConductor.test.tsx
index 3575168..c86bdbb 100644
--- a/components/primitives/__tests__/HiloConductor.test.tsx
+++ b/components/primitives/__tests__/HiloConductor.test.tsx
@@ -95,6 +95,17 @@ describe('<HiloConductor />', () => {
     expect(container.querySelector('path')).toHaveAttribute('vector-effect', 'non-scaling-stroke');
   });
 
+  it('sizes the band with an explicit height, never a top+bottom pair', () => {
+    const { container } = render(<HiloConductor />);
+    const cls = container.querySelector('svg')?.getAttribute('class') ?? '';
+    // An <svg> carrying a viewBox is a replaced element with an intrinsic
+    // ratio, so `height: auto` resolves from the width and silently beats
+    // `bottom` — which stretched this one to 13824px and hung ~6000px of blank
+    // scroll below the footer. jsdom has no layout, so the class is the guard.
+    expect(cls).toMatch(/\bh-\[/);
+    expect(cls).not.toMatch(/\bbottom-/);
+  });
+
   it('reads as a band, not as a hairline', () => {
     const { container } = render(<HiloConductor />);
     const grosor = Number(container.querySelector('path')?.getAttribute('stroke-width'));