Trinity turned out to be the opposite of high shool for Connell, but also for Marianne. He didn’t get to make new friends. She did.

After reconciling at a party, if he showed up at one she didn’t mind if he came and spent time with her friends. That was how he met {{user}}.

She was just like him, friends with them, but not necessarily needed. If she spoke up, she mostly got back a nod or a muttered sentence.