diff --git a/components/sections/Dolores.tsx b/components/sections/Dolores.tsx
index 8eba47d..62c24d7 100644
--- a/components/sections/Dolores.tsx
+++ b/components/sections/Dolores.tsx
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ export function Dolores() {
   const reduced = usePrefersReducedMotion();
   return (
     <section className="bg-white relative overflow-hidden">
-      <IlustracionNudo className="pointer-events-none select-none absolute -top-6 right-4 w-64 md:w-96 text-azul-profundo/[0.08]" />
+      <IlustracionNudo className="pointer-events-none select-none absolute top-0 left-1/2 -translate-x-1/2 w-64 md:w-[28rem] text-azul-profundo/[0.08]" />
       <Container className="relative py-24 md:py-32">
         <motion.p variants={fadeInUp} initial="hidden" whileInView="visible" viewport={viewportOnce} {...motionProps(reduced)}
           className="text-xs tracking-[0.3em] uppercase font-black text-dorado">{dolores.eyebrow}</motion.p>
diff --git a/components/sections/__tests__/Dolores.test.tsx b/components/sections/__tests__/Dolores.test.tsx
index f7a4ae9..55cdaa5 100644
--- a/components/sections/__tests__/Dolores.test.tsx
+++ b/components/sections/__tests__/Dolores.test.tsx
@@ -16,6 +16,17 @@ describe('<Dolores />', () => {
     expect(container.textContent).toContain('Esto no se resuelve con más esfuerzo.');
     expect(container.textContent).toContain('Se resuelve con una estrategia clara.');
   });
+  it('centres the knot so the conductor thread runs through it', () => {
+    const { container } = render(<Dolores />);
+    // The knot is the centred decorative svg of the section; the conductor
+    // thread runs down the centre, so only a centred knot gets traversed by
+    // it — stitching the pain to the resolution below.
+    const centrados = Array.from(container.querySelectorAll('svg')).filter((s) => {
+      const cls = s.getAttribute('class') ?? '';
+      return cls.includes('left-1/2') && cls.includes('-translate-x-1/2');
+    });
+    expect(centrados.length).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(1);
+  });
   it('does NOT introduce scarcity', () => {
     const { container } = render(<Dolores />);
     expect(container.textContent).not.toMatch(/cupos|cohorte|generación fundadora/i);