ive seen some go so far as to deny that theyre a thing of some sort and i disagree. rahu does have some genuine attachment to shalom whether or not she would admit it to herself. her best sleep in a decade was after agreeing to protect shalom lol. shalom likewise doesnt assimilate rahu’s consciousness as hard as paradeisos would have liked. their event does still end with them making a bet over if rahu can kill shalom before shalom’s mark makes that impossible (which is itself a trick by shalom to make the mark kick in faster)