I think I never stopped being fae -- the fox spirit I identified as was just a different kind of fae than what I identified as before that. I believe my identity as fae is fluid; I always identify as some type of fae but what that is changes. First it was a foxelf that was more faelike than elf. Then it was skogsrå and veela or a fox fae and now it is a star fae. I might identify as this for long or very short, it doesn't really matter as I have freedom within the fae label.