"Like toy collectibles." Not at all like toy collectibles, actually, but she does have about or more than her fair share of acquaintances. Nonhumans, generally, are what Ilde gravitates to; it's probably a good thing for everyone that her largely unconscious impulse to go and stand beside the biggest monster is already helpfully satisfied by Sonja's mere existence. "I know a lot of magic-users, too, it's just habit."

The part where she's sleeping with Ivan is not quite the same.