She's impressed, and a little affectionately interested at the pride and certainty in his tone. Steve trusts his team, but there's more to it than that. He'd handpicked them, and he's always been good at seeing potential where other people might gloss over it. The task force has done some amazing stuff, and she's a little biased, knowing he leads them, but he's taking no credit for any of this, which leads to faint surprise at his last admission.

"Sounds like they kept pretty busy without you."

She doesn't really know the team all that well. Danny she remembers as being a bundle of motion, with a cocky set to his shoulders despite being shorter than she is; Kono, all easy smiles and rookie enthusiasm mixed with a seriously impressive left hook. Chin, quieter than the others, but always a solid presence.

Details. Nothing she's experienced first-hand with any of them to take Steve's lack of surprise in stride, though she'll take his word for it.

Still, she gives him a curious glance over her glass of water. "Were you at drill?"

Not yet, right? It wasn't all that long ago he was aboard the Enterprise, although months do sort of slip into each other and start passing without her being able to keep track without the occasional interruptions of leave or holidays, most of which get mainly glossed over.