Scaleshipping (Karim x Shadi)

(Oh no...it's Shadi again...plus a guy that has absolutely no personality...this is gonna end up being short and abstract, people.)

The thing about lingering spirits is that they could sense things. The separation of the soul and the body made one more in touch with the spiritual residue around them. He had lingered for far too long, he knew. But that did not matter. He must wander until that door had been opened and that was that. He would continue to weigh souls and try robbers as he waited.

Every now and again, he would pick up the scales, and he would feel a warmth that did not belong to the Item. For just a brief moment, he would share in the sensation of warm desert sun on stronger arms than his, and feel the beating of a heart softer than his own. Ma'at would run stronger than ever in his veins, and he would feel disappointed once the moment was over.

The Items chose when and where to reveal secrets of the past to their owners. He did not know why the Item chose to give him such vague impressions and feelings. It annoyed him, actually, to know that a previous owner of the scales could have had so much...feeling inside of him or her. The owner of the scales should be impartial. They should have no emotion, no matter what the circumstance. In order to judge fairly, one must discard all sentimentality.

But he couldn't help but feel, as he watched impassively as people died in the shadows of their own making, if he shouldn't feel just...a little bit of something. There was such a coldness in his chest, that he would wish for that warmth, just for a moment.

Then he would let it go, and walk away back into the night, leaving such thoughts for weaker moments.

A/N: ...is Shadi gone yet? Okay, good. Next is Sailshipping (Ryouta x Mai).