[Esp./Eng.] ๐—•๐—ฎ๐—ท๐—ผ ๐—น๐—ฎ ๐—น๐˜‚๐˜‡ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐˜‚๐—ป ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—น. || ๐—จ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฎ ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป.

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[Esp./Eng.] ๐—•๐—ฎ๐—ท๐—ผ ๐—น๐—ฎ ๐—น๐˜‚๐˜‡ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐˜‚๐—ป ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—น. || ๐—จ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฎ ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป.
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En la ciudad de cuyo nombre no me acuerdo, las aceras sudan niebla pรกlida y los faroles tartamudean sombras; justo allรญ, es donde la historia de Julia serpentea como un suspiro contenido. Era miรฉrcoles, o tal vez domingo: el tiempo allรญ languidecรญa como un vestido olvidado en el desvรกn del mundo.

โ€”ยฟPor quรฉ la sombra se empecina en deslizarse hacia donde no la llamo?, musitรณ Julia, envolviendo sus palabras en vapor de cafรฉ frรญo.

โ€”ยฟPor quรฉ no se sujeta como los cabellos a la sien, como el temor a la infancia?

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La sombra la espiaba, siempre un paso antes o despuรฉs. Jamรกs a la par.

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๐—˜๐—ป ๐—น๐—ฎ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—น๐—น๐—ฎ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐—น๐—ฎ ๐—ป๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฒ,  
๐˜€๐˜‚ ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฎ ๐˜† ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ,  
๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ท๐—ฎ, ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ฒ, ๐˜€๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ,  
๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ ๐—น๐—ฎ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ฎ ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ.
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La frase cayรณ al suelo como moneda que nadie recoge: โ€œhasta la propia sobraโ€. Julia mirรณ el reflejo de sus ojos en la ventana y no hallรณ ni un destello de costumbre en su pupila.

Los relojes, ciegos de tanto girar sobre sรญ mismos, no tocaron la hora en que Julia comprendiรณ que su sombra habรญa aprendido a desatar los nudos del cuerpo. De pronto, la vio saltar de la pared al suelo con la soltura de un niรฑo insomne. La sombra le guiรฑรณ un pรกrpado de negrura absoluta y siguiรณ caminando.

โ€”No te atrevas, pensรณ.
Pero la sombra sabรญa danzar el vals del atrevimiento.

Las calles, plenas de voces huecas, sintieron que algo era arrebatado con suavidad de saqueador experto. Julia -nervios โ€œcomo cordeles tensos de guitarra sin tocarโ€- persiguiรณ la sombra por plazas y callejones donde los gatos creen en el milagro de los tejados. La sombra era libre: ยฟQuiรฉn la habรญa soltado? ยฟElla? ยฟLa noche?

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๐—›๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐˜‚๐—ป ๐˜€๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ผ ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜€ ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ผ๐˜€,  
๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฎ ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐˜‡๐—ฎ ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ฒ๐—น ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ผ,  
๐—ฝ๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—น๐—ฎ ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ, ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฎ ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ,  
๐˜†๐—ฎ ๐—ป๐—ผ ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜‡๐—ผฬ๐—ป ๐—บ๐—ฎฬ๐˜€  
๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ฒ ๐—น๐—ฎ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ ๐˜€๐›Šฬ ๐—บ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—บ๐—ฎโ€ฆ  
๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ ๐—น๐—ฎ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ฎ ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ.
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Como una detective de cuentos sin resolver, Julia hilรณ la trama de la traiciรณn silenciosa: su sombra habรญa adquirido voz propia. Y palabras cortantes.

La siguiรณ, sรญ; pero nunca logrรณ alcanzarla. En cada esquina, la sombra inventaba un abismo nuevo, una geometrรญa de la ausencia, un acertijo impenetrable. A veces era un hombre de bastรณn oscuro; a veces, un รกrbol sin raรญces; otras, un simple relรกmpago en la mirada de alguien que no volviรณ a mirar.

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๐—Ÿ๐—ฎ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ฎ ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ผ:
ยฟ๐—ฃ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ฒฬ ๐—น๐—ฎ ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ?
ยฟ๐—ค๐˜‚๐—ฒฬ ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น๐—ฎ ๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ฒ ๐—๐˜‚๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฎ ๐—ป๐—ผ?
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โ€”ยฟ๐——๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ผ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜€
๐—ผ ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฒ๐—น ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ผ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ผฬ๐—ป ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—น ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—บ๐—ฎ?",  
๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ด๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜๐—ผฬ ๐—๐˜‚๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฎ ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐—น๐—ฎ ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฎ.
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Pero la sombra callรณ, multiplicada, inasible, hรบmeda como el sueรฑo antes del alba.

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๐—˜๐—ป๐˜๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€, ๐—น๐—ฎ ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜‚๐˜ƒ๐—ผ:
๐—Ÿ๐—ผ๐˜€ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ท๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜€ ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜€.
๐—Ÿ๐—ผ๐˜€ ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ผ๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐˜€๐˜‚๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜€.
๐—Ÿ๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐˜€๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฒ๐—น ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ปฬƒ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ผ.
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Julia, exhausta, comprendiรณ la magnitud del abandono.

En el รบltimo recoveco de una plaza circular, la sombra se volviรณ. โ€œยฟEsperabas que volviera?โ€, pareciรณ decir el hueco feroz bajo la farola. Julia, invocando la dignidad de quienes han perdido todo, sonriรณ como sรณlo sonrรญen los derrotados felices.

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๐—ฌ ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ฎ๐˜‡ ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ผ,  
๐—น๐—ฎ ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ผฬ, ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ.  
โ€” ๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐˜† ๐˜†๐—ผ ๐—น๐—ฎ ๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ปฬƒ๐—ผฬ,  
๐˜๐˜‚ฬ ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—น๐—ฎ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฎ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—น ๐—ผ๐—น๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ผ,  
๐˜†๐—ผ, ๐—ฒ๐—น ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—น๐—ผ ๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐—ฎฬ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ผ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฟ.
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Un escalofrรญo, deshilachado, cruzรณ el tiempo que ataba a Julia al suelo. Sus pies no la obedecieron: Julia flotรณ.

Y, entonces, el lector creerรญa imaginar cualquier cosa: el reencuentro, la reconciliaciรณn, el despertar. Sin embargo, en un giro tan abrupto como un relรกmpago en fotografรญa, Julia vio cรณmo la sombra arrancaba de su piel esa silueta gastada, y se convertรญa en ella.

โ€”Hasta la propia sobra -susurrรณ la vieja sombra, ahora Julia-.

โ€”Hasta la propia sobra -contestรณ la nueva sombra, que antes se llamรณ Julia-. Y se perdiรณ entre la multitud.

En el banco de la plaza, nadie vio el relevo. La ciudad, de fogรณn apagado y relojes desenrollados, no notรณ que era la sombra, ahora encarnada, quien observarรญa el mundo desde el rabillo del ojo. Julia ya no era Julia.

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๐—ฌ ๐˜€๐—ถ ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ ๐—ป๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฒ,  
๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ผ๐—ท๐—ผ ๐—ฎ ๐—น๐—ฎ ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ,  
๐—ป๐—ผ ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐˜†๐—ฎ ๐—ฎ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ฒ, ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ,  
๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ปฬƒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ  
๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ด๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—บ๐—ฎฬ๐˜€ ๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ผ.
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Asรญ, el misterio de la sombra que eligiรณ hacer lo que quiso **-hasta la propia sobra-** quedรณ colgado de un farol, donde nadie buscรณ respuestas, donde sรณlo importan las preguntas, y donde el final es apenas el comienzo de otra duda.
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# Ven y participa que aรบn estรกs a tiempo: @sacra97, @chironga67, @silher, @lauril and @atreyuserver.

# **He observado que no he sido mencionado como participante en la entrada anterior #28 y que sin dar explicaciรณn, pese a que la he pedido, la cuenta @hive-164241 me ha silenciado. Aun asรญ, estoy dejando mi granito de arena para esta nueva iniciativa.**

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In the city whose name I forget, the sidewalks sweat pale mist and the streetlights stutter shadows; right there, is where Julia's story meanders like a pent-up sigh. It was Wednesday, or maybe Sunday: time there languished like a dress forgotten in the world's attic.

"Why does the shadow insist on slipping where I don't call it?" Julia murmured, wrapping her words in cold coffee vapor.

"Why doesn't it cling like hair to the temple, like the fear of childhood?"

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The shadow spied on her, always one step before or after. Never on par.

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๐—œ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜,
๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜€,
๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜†, ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐˜€, ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€,
๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ณ.
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The phrase fell to the ground like a coin no one picks up: "even to the shadow itself." Julia looked at the reflection of her eyes in the window and found not a flicker of habit in her pupil.

The clocks, blind from spinning so much, didn't strike the hour when Julia realized her shadow had learned to untie the knots of her body. Suddenly, she saw it leap from the wall to the ground with the ease of a sleepless child. The shadow winked at her with an eyelid of absolute blackness and continued walking.

"Don't you dare," she thought.
But the shadow knew how to dance the waltz of daring.

The streets, filled with hollow voices, felt something being snatched away with the gentleness of an expert plunderer. Juliaโ€”nerves "like the taut strings of an unplayed guitar"โ€”chased the shadow through squares and alleys where cats believe in the miracle of rooftops. The shadow was free: Who had let it go? Her? The night?

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๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ'๐˜€ ๐—ฎ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ต๐˜‚๐˜๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€,
๐—ฎ ๐—ฐ๐—น๐˜‚๐—บ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ฟ,
๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐˜„, ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐˜„,
๐—ป๐—ผ ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜† ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ป
๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ณ...
๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ป ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐˜„.
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Like a detective in unsolved tales, Julia spun the plot of silent betrayal: her shadow had acquired its own voice. And sharp words.

She followed it, yes; but she never managed to catch up with it. At every turn, the shadow invented a new abyss, a geometry of absence, an impenetrable riddle. Sometimes it was a man with a dark cane; sometimes, a rootless tree; at other times, a simple flash of lightning in the eyes of someone who never looked back.

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๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ด๐˜‚๐—ฒ ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜„:
๐—ช๐—ต๐˜† ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ณ?
๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ธ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—๐˜‚๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฎ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ป'๐˜?
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"๐——๐—ผ ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐˜„๐˜€ ๐˜€๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐˜„๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ,
๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐˜† ๐—ณ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—น?"
๐—๐˜‚๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฎ ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€.
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But the shadow fell silent, multiplied, elusive, damp like sleep before dawn.

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๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ:
๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐˜€.
๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐˜€.
๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น๐˜€ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด.
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Julia, exhausted, understood the magnitude of the abandonment.

In the farthest corner of a circular plaza, the shadow turned. "Did you expect me to come back?" the fierce hollow beneath the lamppost seemed to say. Julia, invoking the dignity of those who have lost everything, smiled as only the happily defeated smile.

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๐—”๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ณ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ณ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ,
๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฑ, ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜.
"๐—œ๐˜ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—œ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ผ ๐—ฑ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚,
๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚, ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—น๐˜† ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป,
๐—œ, ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐˜."
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A shiver, Frayed, it crossed the time that bound Julia to the ground. Her feet didn't obey her: Julia floated.

And then, the reader would think they were imagining anything: the reunion, the reconciliation, the awakening. However, in a turn as abrupt as a flash of lightning in a photograph, Julia saw how the shadow tore that worn silhouette from her skin and became her.

"Even the shadow itself," whispered the old shadow, now Julia.

"Even the shadow itself," replied the new shadow, who had previously been called Julia. And she disappeared into the crowd.

On the bench in the square, no one saw the change. The city, with its unlit stove and unwound clocks, didn't notice that it was the shadow, now incarnate, who would observe the world from the corner of its eye. Julia was no longer Julia.

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๐—”๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐—ณ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐˜€๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜,
๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฒ๐˜†๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐˜„,
๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜, ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ,
๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฑ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—บ
๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚.
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Thus, the mystery of the shadow that chose to do what it wantedโ€”even its own shadowโ€”was left hanging from a lamppost, where no one sought answers, where only the questions matter, and where the end is merely the beginning of another doubt.
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