Adele didn't mind that he had interpreted her question that way. It told her quite a bit about him, in fact. Some people thought well of themselves for what they did, others were ready to expand on their qualities. Sirius Black was clearly one of the latter, though he didn't seem to mind being questioned about other things as well. He liked talking about himself, which was good. Adele wanted to know about him from his perspective.
"Why not?" she asked curiously. "It seems like you'd be well suited to it." She could only really begin to guess why. Things were changing politically, and if darker wizards were in control, she supposed the Auror job would change too. Her mind was not made up one way or the other on this subject.