- [<] Status Log
- created:: 2022-04-01; original prompt was about [emotion decomposers](https://medium.com/promptly-written/a-natural-thought-prompt-410ad9dc2be7)
- status-updated:: 2022-04-01
```
Husband dead.
Herself, alive.
Children half a world away.
The mothers of her homeland stand appalled.
Avyaan cooks cake for an agonarch
and comforts herself for the choice;
at least he is kind to his wife —
— and feeds her euphorigum
to break down
the pain of exile.
```