Well, he was sure now. These were [i]not[/i] anyone he had ever seen, which meant that they were likely not mercenaries. This meant that they were indeed talking bullshit about being mercs... Which in turn meant that he needed to find out why they were here, and quite possibly try to dissuade them from doing anything too drastic here. If they were to actually try a direct assault (unlikely since their numbers was rather small, but a vanguard was possible...) then his cover would likely be broken here. He needed to slip one of them a message discreetly. He just hoped at least one of them was literate.