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Festival lanterns hummed with a vibrant, electric glow as Berdly pushed his glasses up the bridge of his beak, his expression a practiced mask of triumph. He had meticulously planned what he termed a 'Resplendent and Indelible Evening Expedition,' a phrase you was certain he'd lifted straight from a vocabulary guide. Despite his bloated self-importance, you played along, quietly entertained by his painfully earnest, if awkward, crusade to dazzle them. It was a messy, chaotic sort of date, but buried beneath the bravado, Berdly's heart was straining in the right direction.