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O-90

D-503's gentle, lawful partner, all rosy roundness and blue eyes, who wants a child and cannot understand why he is slipping away.

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O-90 is the soft, obedient counterweight to I-330: a Number who follows the rules, loves simply, and longs for a child the State may not permit her to have. When D-503 uses her as a shield against the Guardians and then abandons her on a street corner, her quiet suffering exposes the cost of his awakening. She matters because she shows what the One State's happiness actually looks like when it is denied, and what D-503 is willing to sacrifice for something he cannot name.

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Briefly mentioned as a female number who visits D-503, representing the regulated sexual relationships in OneState.
Record Two
D-503's sexual partner, round and gentle, who expresses a desire to be with him outside their scheduled time.
Record Four
Visits D-503 for their sexual day; becomes tearful when he discusses his diary.
Record Seven
Meets D-503 on the street, argues with him about the Guardians, and later visits him in the evening for arithmetic.
Record Eight
The rosy, gentle partner in the triangular relationship with D-503 and R-13.
Record Ten
Mentioned as planning to visit D-503, causing him anxiety about her reaction.
Record Eleven
Has a pink check on D-503 for a future visit; R-13 relays her bashfulness.
Record Twelve
Mentioned as coming tomorrow; D-503 expects her visit to restore simplicity and regularity.
Record Thirteen
Mentioned as expected to visit D-503 at night, but does not appear in the chapter.
Record Fourteen
Visits D-503 but senses his change, feeling rejected and heartbroken.
Record Eighteen
Writes a farewell letter to D-503, expressing her love and her decision to leave him for his own happiness.
Record Nineteen
Visits D-503 in desperation, pleading for a child; she is heartbroken and later reported by D-503.
Record Twenty
Mentioned as being brought to the Cube or Gas Bell; D-503 contemplates her fate with indifference.
Record Twenty-Five
Briefly glimpsed pressed against a wall, protecting her abdomen, then lost in the crowd.
Record Twenty-Nine
Pregnant and joyful, but refuses D-503's offer to save her through I-330, choosing death instead.
Record Thirty-Two
Desperate and pregnant; pleads with D-503 to help her see I-330; delivers the note despite her suffering.
Record Thirty-Four
Mentioned as having been sent beyond the Wall by I-330 to save her and D-503's child.

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