No one can beat us because we have the magic metal that kills or changes." Where do you live?" In the caverns over there." She motioned with her head ...oughly in the direction we were going."Why would your people, the Gammas, kill you if you are taken alive?" We are the fighters and we do not surrender. Your people knocked me out or you would not have me now. We are many. We eat what we kill."We had some listeners and there was an intake of breath at that statement. Miranda thought for a minute. I have a confession to make. Can it wait? I drove all night and need a nap, she said with a gentle smile. I rolled her over on the bed. The light from the window hit her directly in the eyes. She pulled a pillow over her face. I gently pulled a light sheet over her sleeping body. It was good to have her home again. I ran a hand over her sheet-covered leg in admiration, then turned and hurried from the room. I showered and dressed, then hauled Lillys suitcases up into the bedroom. As I started. Even without the legend of the Dixie Highway Ghost Hitchhiker who appeared every Halloween, stopping at night for a pretty woman hitchhiking was dangerous. She could very well be a trap luring him to the side of the road so her accomplices could strike. For some reason, despite a very bad feeling in the back of his mind, he pulled over and stopped.“Where you goin’?” he asked through the rolled-down passenger-side window.“Havana,” she answered brightly. Then she added, “You going my way?”“Well,”. This virtuous gesture of yours is yet another sign that the LGBTQ community has to be met with just the same respect, tolerance and love as they share with everyone. It is yet a long, bumpy road but if we work together, if everyone is willing to play their part, we will get there. It is high time that we realize the treasure is not found at either end of the rainbow but within the rainbow itself.”Thunderous applause.Charles is breathing heavily as he is letting himself get overwhelmed by the.