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The "bright future" mentioned in the title is ultimately sarcastic or blissfully ambiguous. It is found not in a partner, but in the sight of a school of glowing jellyfish moving toward the sea—a symbol of drifting away from a society that has no room for the characters' complex, painful interior lives. specifically reflects ’s character growth?