Beshun
Beshun is a young Anarresti woman who has a brief sexual relationship with Shevek during an early work posting in the desert.
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Spoiler-freeBeshun is a young Anarresti woman who has a brief sexual relationship with Shevek during an early work posting in the desert. The encounter helps him understand that sexual freedom does not automatically produce intimacy. Beshun wants pleasure without the lasting partnership Shevek later finds with Takver. She is not followed after the episode.
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