Wow, you've been here about as long as I have...you really didn't get a chance to get stuff for your apartment?
[It's true that Pao-Lin (like everyone else) was taken here against her will, and she certainly didn't really expect to stay here as long as she has, but she was so excited by the idea of a place of her own that she furnished her apartment fairly quickly.]
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[It's true that Pao-Lin (like everyone else) was taken here against her will, and she certainly didn't really expect to stay here as long as she has, but she was so excited by the idea of a place of her own that she furnished her apartment fairly quickly.]