Editing Canary (section)

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Paige accidentally compelled her ex-boyfriend to maim himself after an argument. He claimed that he encouraged her to perform on stage and was therefore responsible for her success, and that because of this he deserved half of her earnings, conveniently ignoring the fact that he then cheated on her and left her while telling her she would never make it for real. Her retaliatory insult when heard by her power-influenced ex was interpreted literally.<ref name="I6"/>

She was tried while under heavy restraints, both to keep her from speaking as well as physically restrained for a suspected and non-existent Brute rating. Her master rating also hindered her ability to contact her lawyer, who at times could take hours or days to reply to her emails. This was partially due to the effect of the Simurgh on the psychological state of the world and Canary's similarity to the endbringer.<ref name="SB1">'''Wildbow:'''<br/>Think of it in terms of political context, the simurgh attack on Australia being recent & rather a loss for the good guys, her being a Simurgh-alike, news & public perception turning on her, and other factors playing in.<br/>For Canary's court case ending up an uphill battle.<br/>People are ~scared~ of mind/emotion control. - [https://forums.spacebattles.com/posts/37024231/ Wildbow on Discord, Archived on Spacebattles]</ref> Despite [[Dragon]]'s personal support for her, the court eventually sentenced her to life imprisonment in the [[Birdcage]]. 

She was transported there with [[Bakuda]] and [[Lung]].<ref name="I6"> - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2012/01/14 Excerpt] from [[Interlude 6]]</ref>

She was pointed towards [[Lustrum]]'s cellblock by Dragon.<ref name=I6e4>“I’m afraid I’ve got to do my job, and that means carrying out my role in enforcing the law.  You understand?  Whatever my feelings, I can’t let you go.”<br/><br/>“I- Yes.”<br/><br/>“Listen, I’m sticking you in cell block E.  The woman that put herself in charge of that cell block goes by the codename Lustrum.  She’s a pretty extreme feminist and misandrist, but she protects the girls in her block, and it’s also the block furthest from the hole the men opened into the women’s half of the Birdcage.  If you’re willing to play along, buy in or pretend to buy into her way of thinking, I think she’ll keep you safest.” - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2012/01/14 Excerpt] from [[Interlude 6]]</ref>

Paige was questioned, following Lung's rampage through the prison the earn cred, about her fellow prisoner by the other cell block leaders about him.<ref name=28.5e1>“Lung,” I said, almost absently.<br/><br/>“You know him?” Canary asked.<br/><br/>“Yeah,” I said.<br/><br/>“He was kind of notorious in the Birdcage.  A lot of people, they come in, and they do something to make a statement.  Kill someone, pick someone suitable and ''claim'' them, challenge someone suitably impressive to a fight, that sort of thing.”<br/><br/>“What did Lung do?” I asked.<br/><br/>“He marched into the women’s side of the prison, killed his underling, and then killed and maimed a bunch of others before the cell block leaders ordered people to pull back.  I got called into a meeting, too, where a bunch of people in charge of cell blocks asked me to come and tell them what I knew about him, since we arrived at the same time.”<br/><br/>I nodded.  “But you didn’t know anything.”<br/><br/>“No.  I think some of them were ''really'' worried, too.  I thought they were going to hurt me, until Lustrum, uh, my cell block leader, backed me up, gave me her protection.”<br/><br/>“Geez,” Imp said.  “That’s messed up.”<br/><br/>Canary shrugged.  “How did you put it?  A Tuesday?  A Tuesday in the Birdcage.” - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/09/10 Excerpt] from [[Cockroaches 28.5]]</ref> She was unable to be a useful source of information.