NSCN(IM) leaders are reluctant to speak about the details of the deal with the government.
A cement plaque at the gates of the designated camp of NSCN (IM) at Hebron says "Welcome". But the rest of the place has a military look: AK-47-toting guards at the gate, guard towers covered by a camouflaged net, and a manned watch tower.
It is from here the NSCN(IM) - perhaps the strongest and most potent underground group in the Northeast - has been fighting for the Naga cause for decades.
Since August 3 -- when New Delhi and the Nagas led by NSN(IN), agreed on a framework for peace -- the traditional Naga warmth is somewhat missing here. There has been no celebration.
Calls to NSCN(IM) leaders - who are otherwise warm and friendly - to speak about the deal was met with reluctant and evasive answers.
The NSCN(IM) leadership has been just as shy as New Delhi in explaining the peace settlement - their silence giving rise to doubts and apprehensions among people.
"We don't know what to expect. I will keep my fingers crossed," said N Jagoi, a local businessmen.
The Naga Council of Dimapur - a social organisation - is skeptical. "I cannot say anything, Naga people don't know the contents of the accord or what the accord is for," its president T Bangerloba told NDTV.
The biggest concern on the ground is whether cadres would, ultimately, agree to surrender their weapons, for which the ordinary citizens have paid so far. Illegal levies or "tax", as it is euphemistically called, can even be 24% of one's annual earnings, said a Dimapur-based businessman.
What worries the people is the multiplicity of tribal equations. "A deal signed by one is unlikely to be accepted by others," explained Dr Khekugha Muru, Co-Chairman of the Association Against Corruption and Unabated Taxation. Which might mean the deal with the Centre may not be acceptable to the other NSCN factions.
The indications were there at the Khehoya camp of the NSCN (Unification) -- a group that has around 10,000 members in its "government" and claims to represent the Nagas of Nagaland, as opposed to others who claim to represent Nagas from Manipur and Arunachal Pradesh too.
"We appreciate the peace deal but it hasn't got anything to do with us. It is for the Nagas of Manipur," said special envoy Alezo Venuh.
Asked if there was a possibility of someone triggering another round of violence - as in the aftermath of the 1975 Shillong accord, he said, "I hope not".