Disguised

Tultul simply smiled and then touched his throat. The guard's eyebrows furrowed as he tried to figure out what he meant.

Another guard smacked his head from behind, “Dummy, he's saying that he can't speak at the moment. He might be affected by the weather since it usually happens around times like this or maybe he just can't speak,”

The guard then faced Tultul “Sorry but unless we know what you are here for, we can't let you in. We know nearly everyone in the town but yours is too unfamiliar,”

Tultul then raised the basket that he was holding and the guards were surprised when they saw the contents.

“That's awfully a whole lot of herbs and some of them don't look like the ones the others carry. Are you from a distant land?”