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The main question, she thinks, isn’t her chance at survival or whether she’ll stick to the plot. No, it’s whether she should change the flawed system that thrives off war and child soldiers. Arguably, she’s in the best position to fix it. People would certainly be more willing to listen to you if you threaten them with the giant fox demon in your gut. But what would the cost be? Her morals? Her humanity? The road to hell is paved with good intentions after all. (In which a human rights lawyer is reincarnated into a world without morality, without logic, and most of all, without laws. Helping the world was easier when people weren’t ninjas.)

Aaron Burr represents Maria Reynolds at court against one of America's notorious lawyers, Mr Norton.

“Let me get you a glass of water,” Athena said. “You’ll see – everything will be all right.” The man who gave Josephine the injection wasn’t nearly so optimistic. “Throughout history,” he said, as the needle went into her arm, “there have always been those who are so ashamed of what they are, who wanted so badly to integrate, to assimilate, to curry favor with those in power, that they would sell their souls, sell out their own, or even commit suicide. It’s not just telepaths – it’s a human failing, I believe.” “Excuse me?” “You’re trying to be better than those of us who wear gloves. You’re trying to separate yourself from me, to hold onto what I’ve been denied by killing what makes you special, makes you gifted. You’re ready to hand over your soul for an empty promise of acceptance from normals, and what you think you’re entitled to. But you’re a fool, because they will never accept you. There’s only one future for telepaths – in unity, honesty, and pride in who we are. In absolute mutual guarantee, despite our differences. That’s the Corps.”

A mini history lesson about the origins of American "privacy law" and the beginning of the legal story of how we got from "here" to "there." Oh Justice Brandeis, if you only knew how your fears were used to turn the Constitution on its head. Yes, that excerpt is from a real US Supreme Court case. I did NOT add anything to it!