"Talking about my crap just makes me feel worse, and if I feel any worse I'm going to cause a localized famine." She'd already started trying to figure out how she could kidnap Irene and make her Elspeth's own personal misery cook. The plans usually ended up being comically intricate, like a Wile E Coyote and Road Runner episode, both because Elspeth's brain was a weird place and because she knew Irene could totally take her in a fair fight (and probably an unfair one).