Your reference to "we" had me thinking about this While reading books from the house's library, Equality discovers the word "I" and tells Liberty about it. Having rediscovered individuality, they give themselves new names from the books: Equality becomes "Prometheus" and Liberty becomes "Gaea". Anthem (novella) - Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Anthem_(novella) https://www.shmoop.com/study-guides/literature/anthem-ayn-rand/summary/chapter-12