She avoids, just, repeating Tiny Tim because she likes him and that's unkind. (It is an amazing reference to pull, though.)

"Look, it's a small organization. If there was a form I was supposed to fill out when I was engaged to the head of Diplomacy, no one told me at the time. The Scoutmaster has quietly had a long, serious thing, and Byerly was involved for a lot of the time he was Ambassador. Maybe all of it, I'm not close enough to him or Bastien to clock exactly when that started. Marcus has two partners and they both have leadership roles, it didn't keep him from getting called up. There's plenty of precedent."

She takes a sip of wine and adds, "I'm not going to put you on blast, but I am curious. Not as your boss, as a friend." So. Avoiding the impulse to push, but leaving a door open all the same.