If a warrior can strike with a thought, the first thing to do is give that thought a name in law. Add a new chapter to the International Code of Warfare that defines “mental weaponry” and outlines jurisdiction, intent, and punishable conduct. Once it’s codified, courts can prosecute, just like any physical weapon. Without that, the battlefield becomes a loophole playground. So yes, the legal frameworks can keep up—but only if we draft them with the same level of detail I give to every filing.

The rule book can only describe what it sees. It can’t read the private chambers of a mind. So when a warrior fights with a thought, the law must first learn to detect that thought—like a new forensic technique. Until we have that, the code is as slippery as oil. In short, the book can survive, but only if it’s constantly rewritten to outpace the next mental trick. If not, it’ll become a relic, a dusty footnote next to the chapter on psychic combat.