Can you make 2 different CollisionObject2Ds use the same CollisionShape2D node?

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Sorry in advance if anything I say here sounds dumb, since i'm an amateur to game development.
I've been trying to figure out how to make 2 different CollisionObject2Ds use the same CollisionShape2D for an enemy. The enemy will use a seperate KinematicBody2D for wall collision and physics stuff while hit detection is handled with an Area2D, both of which using different collision layers/masks, so my Area2D doesn't send off a bunch of unnecessary signals whenever it hits a wall.
I'm aware you can have 2 Nodes share Resources, but I'd also like to have both Objects use the same CollisionShape2D node so I have to make less nodes when spawning an enemy. Is this possible? I've tried checking the docs and I don't think there's any methods for attaching shapes to collision objects besides just making the shape the child of the object, which I can't do since i'm trying to have 2 different CollisionObject2Ds use the same CollisionShape2D node.

Godot version 3.3.4
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Yes, you create a basic scene containing the shared items. Save this scene somewhere and then create a 'New Inherited Scene', selecting the base scene with the shared elements (here, the collision shapes).

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