"One would hope," he says, attention already flitting to the aforementioned [whatever]. In fact he shifts in that direction immediately, falling to sorting through the the available pages like a large bird picking through detritus in search of something to make a nest with.

"Though I don't expect I will be anyone's first choice when it comes to forming any kind of delegation or entertaining visitors."

Or whatever else it is diplomacy does. And not would he want it to be. It is of vital important that he keep some distance from the face of this whole thing.