"Friend for a Day" is a short story by Robert Carter. It is the fifth story in a collection called "Tales of Hayven Celestia," which was published in 2020. As I have already stated, this is a universe created by author Rick Griffin, in which he allowed many other people to write stories in.
Oh my gosh! The krakun are 40 feet tall?! What the heck? Why didn't I realize that in the earlier stories? No wonder they enslaved all the other races! They are freaking huge!
Seriously, I am not sure why I missed this important detail in the earlier stories. My brain must not have been able to conceive of such a huge height difference. You see, the krakun are a dragon-like race that enslave other species whenever they can in various ways. They are, in many ways, the villains of these stories, but also... they are just sort of there. The stories have not been about rebellion against the krakun at all. They have been slice-of-life stories just happening in this universe.
This particular story showed that good can happen even within the krakun. It was about one "young" krakun named Ashiok. He was just a kid, even though he was something like 700 years old. That's another thing about the krakun: they live waaaay longer than the other races. But it feels like they also mature as a similar ratio. So 700 years is still immature.
Ashiok, although a slave owner, is actually not a bad guy. He works in the fast food industry. Actually it felt a whole lot like a Starbucks. He was a chipper friendly krakun in a world where everyone around him was very cynical and cruel. I really liked him.
The main thrust of the story had to do with him coming to terms with the fact that he had become very good friends with his slaves. They were a species called the ringel, which are a lemur-like race known for being very forthright in how they speak.
Other than that, I don't want to spoil anymore. I do recommend the story. It was refreshing!
This blog was written on September 18, 2025.
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