Current footer is one row of links on a paper card — fine, but a bit plain. Below are seven directions, lightest to heaviest. Each is rendered in the live theme, so toggling paper/terminal in the header of any real page will show how it'd look there. Links are dead in this mockup.
A — current (for reference)
1 row · just links
B — leaf mark
quiet personality · same height
C — grouped clusters
scannable · 3 short rows
D — terminal prompt
ties into terminal theme
E — two-row + FOREST sprig
version + status pill
F — colophon paragraph
literary · single block
G — sectioned directory
heaviest · proper closing
H — G+D fusion · birds on a branch
sprite row · heaviest with art
I — G+D fusion · turtwig dancing
6 walk-cycle poses
Mix-and-match welcome — e.g. B's leaf mark dropped into A, or D's terminal-prompt grouping with E's status pill. Tell me what to ship.