... I apologize, but we have only just met. It would be improper for me to refer to you by only your first name. [Sorry, it'll take a little more than that to wear her out of that habit.]

There are three options open to us, I suppose. We could come up with a schedule, and care for it by turn; we could devise some method to care for it collaboratively; or we could spend some of the time caring for it separately, and part of it collaboratively. [She shrugs.] ... regardless of what we decide, I do not think it would be out of place to find some sort of small, lined box or basket for it. If you have the time, we could go to the shops and find one after class.