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Illustrated portrait of O-90

A character in We

O-90

O-90 is D-503’s registered sexual partner and R-13’s partner as well.

The book

Cover of We by Yevgeny Zamyatin
WeYevgeny Zamyatin, 1924

A numbered citizen in a glass city begins to discover the dangerous appeal of privacy and individual thought.

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O-90 is D-503’s registered sexual partner and R-13’s partner as well. She is tender, emotionally direct, and deeply wants a child despite lacking state authorization. D-503 impregnates her and helps her escape beyond the Green Wall to avoid execution. She leaves carrying his child. The novel gives no confirmed account of what happens to either of them afterward.

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