"Came close."

Sigh.

"I wish there was a better place for people like her."

"Like a better suited cellblock or like a less horrifying all around Birdcage?"

"The first one. The second would be even better, though."

"Can people even pick their cellblocks?"

"They can move around usually."

"What are the other options?"

"There are six cellblocks for each gender. You can move between the male and female sections, but most people don't. There's also space farther down without people in charge. I can tell you what I know about each place if you'd like?"

"Please. I can't personally make use of the information but it seems like useful context."

Then she can list them, starting with the ones that actually have substantial amounts of control over their cellblock:  Lustrum (extremely... ideological, in a way that makes it difficult if she decides you don't believe the right things), the Fairy Queen (people behave well, you just need to not get her in particular annoyed at you which isn't nearly so hard for a lot of people), Marquis (his cellblock involves more random violence than the other two but it's only violence that fit within the rules he's set down), Crane the Harmonius (running a cult which doesn't interact with outsiders much), and Teacher (nice, but in a way where everyone is an unclear degree of mind controlled). The other cell blocks have more random violence, with the places without leaders being tantamount to death sentences for all but the strongest of capes.

Well, it's not like she thought it was a pleasant rehabilitative Scandinavian prison.

"-I think that's all the most important difference between the cellblocks but I might be forgetting something."

"Thank you."

"It's really the least I can do."

"Because she asked you to?"

"Because you seem nice and you're in the birdcage and I don't want you to have a bad time?"

"Thanks."

"Is there anything else you'd like to know?"

"Nothing else springs to mind. Thanks."

Probably Lorica wants to be alone -  Canary excuses herself and leaves.

"May I have some more parts?" Lorica asks Glaistig Uaine.

"You may." She summons the Refuse Collector who can provide Lorica with a child's electronic keyboard and a window mounted AC unit.

That'll keep her busy for a while. Mostly building tools rather than directly useful things. Hopefully she can house Rete soon.

Dragon returns with an answer from her superiors eventually.

"They won't make an exception - I'm sorry. I took it to Chief Director Costa-Brown but she refused to overrule my superiors."

"Did they say why?"