The Driven Snow
- Meridian has a great first year at school. Her favorite pastime is hanging out at the Sojourner, where she has a "profound sense of peace" that she hasn't felt since the Sacred Serpent (1.13.2).
- She makes friends with Anne-Marion. Despite their close relationship, Meridian never reveals the truth about her past.
- After getting great grades during her first year, Meridian (and Anne-Marion) joins the "Atlanta Movement" (1.13.5). While their fellow Saxon students are looking to score wealthy husbands, these two are doing jail stints and getting beaten by cops.
- The protesters are now faced with more violence than ever. Oddly, these moments of pure chaos are the only times when Meridian feels comfortable in her own skin.
- After Wild Child's death, Meridian moves from campus to the "ghetto" that surrounds it, paying for her rent by helping out a professor after class (1.13.13).