"I have. Not as much as some of the others, but. I took my time in making the choice to become one of you. There's much we give up when we take on a human body, but the price is worth learning how our kind depends on and nurtures humanity. On bridging the gap between our kinds."

It is not always easy. Humans live such short lives, especially back then. Learning how to cope with loss and how to let go took time. Learning how to say goodbye and be alone. Truly alone. It is not for the faint of heart.

"Truthfully, I wasn't looking to be found. I was frightened of the other Seasons, at the prospect of meeting them while they were in power and I was not. When Autumn is over..." Hazel gives a slight shrug of her shoulders.

"So the wheel turns, and so does one season pass on to the next. I'm glad that of all the seasons I could meet, I met a Winter first."