Liberty 5-3000 (or The Golden One, as so named by Equality) is a perfect match for Equality 7-2521. She, too, has a mind of her own that refuses to blindly follow the authorities. She is more than a beautiful young woman; she is a woman whose inner beauty is externally recognizable. Long before speaking to her, Equality 7-2521 knows the virtues she possesses. He sees that her body is "straight and thin as a blade of iron." Her eyes are dark and hard, devoid of both fear and guilt. Her hair flies wild in the wind, as if defying men to restrain it. She throws seeds to the ground as if scornfully dispensing a gift, and it seems as if the earth is "a beggar under her feet." Equality 7-2521 gleans from her straightness of carriage, her fearless eyes, and her derisive mannerisms that she is proud, with an inner reverence that comes only from an unbroken independence of spirit.
Her spirit is displayed in her actions as well as in her appearance. She too violates the laws and customs of her society to pursue her goals. For example, she observes Equality 7-2521 and thinks of him, though the state forbids a woman to take notice of men except at the Time of Mating. She walks boldly to the hedge bordering the road and looks him in the face. She smiles at him, and they speak to each other with their eyes. She subsequently talks to him as fearlessly as he does to her. She tells him that he is not one of her brothers — as are other men — because she does not wish him to be. Later, she says she has given him a name, as he has to her. She thinks of him in her own mind as The Unconquered. Not only does she admire him for his unbroken spirit, but also in the act of forming these forbidden thoughts, she demonstrates her own unconquered soul. She honors him for the best qualities within herself. In the end, she must choose between acceptance in her society — the only life she has ever known — and rejection, even probable death, with Equality 7-2521, and she makes an unhesitating choice. Social approval means nothing to her; her own personal values mean everything. She tells him in the forest, "We wish to be damned with you, rather than blessed with all our brothers." She exhorts him not to send her back to the city.
