text:  How long have covered bridges been around, he said. Her body felt too soft, her feet asleep. Please, she said. Before everything, he said, after everything. Her eyes blurry. I'm dying, he said, I'm dying of thirst. What a hard thing it is for a body or a planet to sustain life. He went to the kitchen to get water, but what he got was milk. You hate milk, she said.