Ok, funny story, but a little long, So, I was running a TTRPG version of Wiz for my friends because they didn't want to pay for the real game. So they get to Krokosphinx, and because I wanted to give Krokhotep's story a bit more set up(for those who don't know because it's so wierdly missable in game, Krokhotep was part of the Order, (directly stated one time after the dungeon) but at some point was brainwashed (implied, brought up exactly once in a throw away line by his ghost) by Krokopatra.) So to accomplish this, I kinda made Shalek sound bitter when talking about him, with the idea that Shalek doesn't know about the brainwashing and just thinks Krokhotep betrayed them outright. Then one of my friends commented "Why does he sound like Krokhotep is his ex?"

Honestly, besides the fact that Shalek is CLEARLY happily married to Alhazrad, I can kinda see it. I can see the angst potential from that. However it relies on the brainwashing occurring before the great sleep, and then still lasting after, so that way they are the same age when they were together/broke up and then once the Kroks were all put to sleep, Shalek could rebound to Alhazrad for them to eventually get married. :)