Modus Vivendi

The story follows a hard-bitten defense attorney who represents individuals with psychic stigmas and navigates legal, ethical, and political pressures when a hallucinatory psi who fooled a judge becomes a pawn in a re-election campaign. Asked to locate the missing woman, he contacts psi acquaintances and confronts institutional prejudice, opportunistic colleagues, and personal irritation about living alongside those who are different. Through investigative encounters and courtroom maneuvering the narrative probes the practical problems of coexistence between ordinary citizens and telepathic individuals, highlighting fear, exploitation, and uneasy compromises.