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HTML
<figure class="cbq-speech">
  <div class="cbq-speech-bubble">
    <blockquote>
      <p>Codefronts cut my prototype time in half. Just snippets that work.</p>
    </blockquote>
  </div>
  <figcaption class="cbq-speech-meta">
    <span class="cbq-speech-avatar" aria-hidden="true">A</span>
    <span><strong>Aisha M.</strong> · frontend dev</span>
  </figcaption>
</figure>
CSS
.cbq-speech {
  max-width: 320px;
  font-family: system-ui, sans-serif;
}

.cbq-speech-bubble {
  position: relative;
  padding: 16px 18px;
  background: #1f1f2e;
  border: 1px solid rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.07);
  border-radius: 16px 16px 16px 4px;
  color: #f0eeff;
}

.cbq-speech-bubble::before {
  content: "";
  position: absolute;
  bottom: -6px;
  left: 18px;
  width: 12px;
  height: 12px;
  background: #1f1f2e;
  border-right: 1px solid rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.07);
  border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.07);
  transform: rotate(45deg);
}

.cbq-speech-bubble blockquote {
  margin: 0;
}

.cbq-speech-bubble p {
  margin: 0;
  font-size: 13.5px;
  line-height: 1.55;
}

.cbq-speech-meta {
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  gap: 10px;
  margin-top: 16px;
  padding-left: 8px;
  font-size: 12px;
  color: #b8b6d4;
}

.cbq-speech-avatar {
  display: inline-flex;
  align-items: center;
  justify-content: center;
  width: 26px;
  height: 26px;
  border-radius: 50%;
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #7c6cff, #ff6c8a);
  font-weight: 700;
  font-size: 12px;
  color: #fff;
}

.cbq-speech-meta strong {
  color: #f0eeff;
  font-weight: 600;
}