Accusing someone of mishandling his or her favorite weapon was a surefire way to get a heated defense thrown in your direction; Gary's face went through an amusing metamorphosis of emotions from surprised, incredulous, vaguely pissed off, intensely incredulous and penultimately supremely insulted. "[i]Excuse me[/i], but I've never deliberately damaged pastries before! Besides, if we're gonna talk about needin' the pole to do someone in, let's gab about that [i]white-haired dude dressed in those weird fantasy-ish clothes[/i] and how he kept chasing me about stealing something! Now that's a walking danger that needed to be hit!" She howled in response to Luke's reminder, although Sacha was able to retrieve the pole peacefully from his best friend. Gary had to give up since she couldn't reach Sacha for the life of her, but knowing the cutie, he'd give her baby back to her... Later.

Fortunately, the return of her precious item was earlier than expected. "Well [i]thank[/i] you, Sacchin," She quickly reached for the pole in case somebody stole it away again then planted it firmly on the ground, her firm posture and raking gaze reminiscent of a sentinel. However, her attention was caught by the sound of footfalls reverberating within the stony cavern-

Truth be told, Gary was more concerned with the fact that Sacchin just spoke. Man, get a load of that [b]dreamy[/b] voice! No wonder Ge...

...

... Ge...? Who's Ge...?

-and she had ample time to see the other half of the human group arrive. 

Skipping past ???'s failed attempt to get the list from the screechy boy, Gary whipped her pole around and then crouched defensively, obviously taking position as the defender (er) of the imprisoned group. She was already at the front anyway, so it was no big deal to place herself in between the new arrivals and the other humans. The process, from the quick and efficient way she coiled herself to a tight stance to the way she didn't have any trouble wielding the weapon, showed that whoever was going to attempt to free the people behind her would have to go through this fighter first. 

"Luke, watch my blind side," Gary called out cheerfully. Odd; unlike her other companions, she didn't seem to place that much stock on the humans they had recently captured. It was almost as if she lacked any real dedication to keep them imprisoned... Or maybe she didn't care enough for them, like they were simply a contingency plan in case something went wrong in a failsafe plan.

But then again, this was Gary, and her cheerful facade was quite impossible to penetrate, let alone analyze.