diff --git a/src/components/QuoteToast.svelte b/src/components/QuoteToast.svelte
index 6acb79f..8dc1a34 100644
--- a/src/components/QuoteToast.svelte
+++ b/src/components/QuoteToast.svelte
@@ -16,24 +16,27 @@
 <style>
     .toast {
         position: absolute;
-        bottom: 22px;
-        right: 18px;
-        width: 230px;
-        padding: 10px 13px;
-        background: rgba(8, 8, 8, 0.88);
-        border-left: 3px solid;
-        color: #ccc;
+        top: 30px;
+        left: 50%;
+        transform: translateX(-50%);
+        width: 380px;
+        padding: 5px 20px;
+        background: rgba(6, 6, 6, 0.60);
+        border-bottom: 2px solid var(--accent);
+        color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);
         font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;
-        font-size: 12.5px;
-        line-height: 1.55;
+        font-size: 13px;
+        line-height: 1.5;
+        text-align: center;
+        letter-spacing: 0.02em;
         pointer-events: none;
         animation: toastIn 4.2s ease forwards;
         z-index: 20;
     }
 
     @keyframes toastIn {
-        0%   { opacity: 0; transform: translateX(14px); }
-        12%  { opacity: 1; transform: translateX(0);    }
+        0%   { opacity: 0; transform: translateX(-50%) translateY(-8px); }
+        12%  { opacity: 1; transform: translateX(-50%) translateY(0);    }
         78%  { opacity: 1; }
         100% { opacity: 0; }
     }
diff --git a/src/game/Player.js b/src/game/Player.js
index f8a556e..9c7e155 100644
--- a/src/game/Player.js
+++ b/src/game/Player.js
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@ export class Player {
         this.collectedColors = []; // hex color strings
         this.isInvincible = false;
         this.invincibleTimer = 0;
+
+        this._canJump = true;
+        this._peakReached = false;
     }
 
     // called every frame from the game loop
@@ -36,11 +39,21 @@ export class Player {
             this.sprite.vel.x *= 0.78;
         }
 
-        const onGround = this.sprite.vel.y > -0.5 && this.sprite.vel.y < 1.5;
+        const vel_y = this.sprite.vel.y;
 
-        if (keysDown.jump && onGround) {
+        // Once clearly falling, mark that we've left the ground
+        if (vel_y > 2) this._peakReached = true;
+
+        // Landing: restore jump ability only after having fallen back down
+        if (this._peakReached && vel_y > -0.5 && vel_y < 1.5) {
+            this._canJump = true;
+            this._peakReached = false;
+        }
+
+        if (keysDown.jump && this._canJump) {
             this.sprite.vel.y = -11;
-            keysDown.jump = false; // consume so it can't re-fire until the next keydown
+            this._canJump = false;
+            keysDown.jump = false;
         }
 
         // clamp to canvas left/right edges
diff --git a/src/game/levelData.js b/src/game/levelData.js
index b3147bc..d7f4c98 100644
--- a/src/game/levelData.js
+++ b/src/game/levelData.js
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ export const LEVELS = [
             'To feel intensely is not weakness. It is aliveness.',
             'The heart has always beaten in red.',
         ],
-        completeQuote: 'Red is the color of being alive. It asks nothing of you except honesty. Red is rage, passion, urgency, and love; The most viceral emotion, it demands to be felt.',
+        completeQuote: 'Red is the color of being alive. It asks nothing of you except honesty. Red is rage, passion, urgency, and love; The most visceral emotion, it demands to be felt.',
     },
 
     // ── LEVEL 2: AMBER ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
@@ -76,10 +76,10 @@ export const LEVELS = [
         fragmentQuotes: [
             'Not every fire burns, some just keep you warm',
             'Warmth is a form of courage.',
-            'You made something today.That matters.',
+            'You made something today. That matters.',
             'You were built to connect and create.',
         ],
-        completeQuote: 'Orange reminds you that making things is an act of hope. It is the color of warmth, creativity, enthusiams, and connection. It is a choice to stay open. Let yourself be warm.',
+        completeQuote: 'Orange reminds you that making things is an act of hope. It is the color of warmth, creativity, enthusiasm, and connection. It is a choice to stay open. Let yourself be warm.',
     },
 
     // ── LEVEL 3: YELLOW ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ export const LEVELS = [
             'Anxiety and curiosity live in the same color.',
             'Your mind runs fast because it cares deeply',
         ],
-        completeQuote: 'Yellow carries both hope and anxiety in equal measure. It is the color of joy but also of anxeity. Your nervous energy is not a flaw. It is the same thing as your intelligence, it goes hand in hand with your joy\'s .',
+        completeQuote: 'Yellow carries both hope and anxiety in equal measure. It is the color of joy but also of anxiety. Your nervous energy is not a flaw. It is the same thing as your intelligence, it goes hand in hand with your joy.',
     },
 
     // ── LEVEL 4: GREEN ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
@@ -323,11 +323,11 @@ export const LEVELS = [
         fragmentQuotes: [
             'Not everything needs an explanation.',
             'Mystery is an invitation, not a threat.',
-            'Your contradictions are not flaws, ther are complexity.',
+            'Your contradictions are not flaws, they are complexity.',
             'The unknown is not something to fix.',
             'Transformation is always a little uncomfortable.',
         ],
-        completeQuote: 'Purple is the color of the in-betweens it represents mystery and intuition. Purple lives in the questions. You do not need everything figured out. Some things are only ever felt, never fully explained.',
+        completeQuote: 'Purple is the color of the in-betweens, it represents mystery and intuition. Purple lives in the questions. You do not need everything figured out. Some things are only ever felt, never fully explained.',
     },
 
     // ── LEVEL 8: MAGENTA ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────
@@ -379,7 +379,7 @@ export const LEVELS = [
             'Playfulness is not childishness, it is aliveness.',
             'You are allowed to bloom loudly.',
         ],
-        completeQuote: 'Magenta doesn\'t apologize for being bright. Magenta represents compassion, self-love, and softness. It aks you to be as gentel with youself as you are with the people you love the most.',
+        completeQuote: 'Magenta doesn\'t apologize for being bright. Magenta represents compassion, self-love, and softness. It asks you to be as gentle with yourself as you are with the people you love the most.',
     },
 
     // ── LEVEL 9: BROWN ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
@@ -429,8 +429,8 @@ export const LEVELS = [
             'Some things stay so that other things can move.',
             'Stability is essential.',
             'The earth holds everything without complaint.',
-            'Steadiness is a kind of strenght.',
-            'Your roors are not holding you back.',
+            'Steadiness is a kind of strength.',
+            'Your roots are not holding you back.',
         ],
         completeQuote: 'Brown is groundedness and stability. It is the earth beneath everything, often overlooked but everything grows from it. It does not need to be seen to do its work.',
     },
diff --git a/src/routes/Win.svelte b/src/routes/Win.svelte
index cd8e8ad..f31636a 100644
--- a/src/routes/Win.svelte
+++ b/src/routes/Win.svelte
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 <div class="screen">
     <h1 class="title">color restored</h1>
     <p class="line1">every fragment found. every hue returned </p>
-    <p class="line2">Go forth and expereince the world in full color.</p>
+    <p class="line2">Go forth and experience the world in full color.</p>
     <button on:click={() => push('/')}>back to home</button>
 </div>