She blinked hard at being spoken to, snapping out of her internal anxiety in response to the question. Ah, Fugaku-san -- somehow she felt a little privileged to be asked to use his first name like that, from someone she hadn't worked with on a mission anyway. Absently she nudged the cat up on her chest, re-adjusting her hold to get more comfortable as she answered him, "Since the start of the year. It's been a lot more exciting since my genin years, if not... Dangerous."

Considering that she almost died of snake poison and then a few months later had her eye nearly gouged and effectively blinded... But he didn't need to know that, even if her left eye openly showed the dulled colouration of an eye no longer able to see.

"I wouldn't change what's happened for the world though, not with what I've learned and how much stronger I've gotten. Not to mention the people I've met and worked with... I wouldn't have it any other way," The words caused a soft smile to tug at her lips as she thought about it more, because even with the bad a lot of good came out of it, "I don't think I'd enjoy it so much if I wasn't in Konoha. It just feels right to be here."