"I'd do what I do right now," she says, sounding almost surprised and answering immediately, "just with different methods."

Maybe it shows a lack of imagination- or maybe it's just that Irene knows who she is and what she wants, and is at heart intensely practical. Magic is magic; as beautiful and terrifying as she finds it, she's sure that if she had it, she'd put it to work like any other skill with a supreme lack of romanticism.