It was a symbol.
She is near Odine because He wasn´t originally after her(on the real thing).
He goes after her after she pursue him(on the real thing).
If you consider that Odine don´t wanna to participate the plan to defeat Adel because his research would be kaput we get a more complete synbolism:
Laguna gets angry and sent Ward after him along with Elle.Of course it was in a kiddy way.But there is a strong symbolism here.
And why would she wanna that?create a world were only her could exist
My reasons for Odine creating WOTC are far better.