Had Hogwarts given them more freedom? They'd had Hogsmeade trips, yes, but Benjy wasn't entirely sure. It might be a complete toss-up, at least as far as living in the facility went. "Maybe. At least this part of whatever this is only lasts for three weeks, though." After he was released, there was another whole mess of rules he still had to follow, and that was where the problem started.
Benjy couldn't deny that the Ministry had changed since he'd known it, but he wasn't sure how much this woman wanted to hear about all of that. The way he reoccurred and what his immediate reaction had been wasn't really important in the grand scheme of things, so there was no need to get into it. "Well, I'm sure you can't tell me any information since I'm no longer employed or able to be employed by the Ministry," he began, the bitterness about that fact audible in his tone, "but did you find everything you were looking for?"