That's not being confident, that's being just wanting to be in charge. [Or she's pretty sure it is, anyway, since promotions always seemed to be terms used for people getting Really Important Jobs that involved Telling People What To Do.]

...We're supposed to make the story here, [She adds. You can indeed help, AND stay put! Magic.] ...But we're in a library, and we're not supposed to attack, so we have to make the story protect everything, not attack things!

Otherwise, I guess knives would help... ...but it's probably better with shields right now.