User blog comment:Trisslivesinme/Vengeance and Wrath/@comment-1650984-20100118161726

Well, i sorta refrenced back to how, in The Taggerung, Boorab's grandfather served under Cregga during the time that The Long Patrol took place. Since this is a sequel to The Taggerung, I thought it made sense that Niama's grandfather recieved the dirk.