The "concerned citizens" are still guarding the orc prisoners. The watch has apparently not arrived yet, but they "burst" onto the scene before your eyes -- Four young men , scarcely out of their early teens, wearing ill-fitting uniform tabards, no armor beyond those quilted tabards, and carrying poorly maintained voulges, march up. "Ahh, these the prisoners?" the 'leader' says, indicating the orcs.
And now that you mention it, Shiyana does feel a bit peculiar -- nothing that she can put a finger on, just an overall odd feeling.