This is a sweet story. It is a fairy tale of sorts since I find it hard to believe that anything short of actual magic would turn the heart of so horrible man as Rabban. Speaking of the name it reminds me of the character of Rabban in Dune by Frank Herbert. Herbert's Rabban is a beast of a man, so much so that it is his title- The Beast Rabban. He ground his subjects beneath his boots. It was the memory of that Rabban that colored my understanding of this character. It was a very good choice for conveying a character in a few words. Just a few small mentions of cruelty was all I needed to confirm the character type. I was impressed by the unicorn and the fox were able to wash away the cruelty in such a sneakily honest way.