Use the project root as the anchor so the homepage sticker gallery survives Astro build and still randomizes from public/images/gallery.
Constraint: Keep behavior unchanged except for build-time discovery.
Rejected: import.meta.url-based directory lookup | it failed in production build.
Confidence: high
Scope-risk: narrow
Directive: Preserve the gallery scan as a static build-time concern unless the deployment model changes.
Tested: npm run build; verified dist/index.html contains corner-gallery and gallery image paths
Not-tested: browser repaint timing in a live session
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