"Alright, so task one, find you a less destructive nervous habit," he laughs.

Still, he gathers from that comment that he has misunderstood David's co-housing experience. "I presume that's a way of assigning chores? We certainly can talk division of labor. I've had that on ships, but it usually rotates on a wider crew. When it's just Fran and I, we fall into a rhythm of tasks each of us don't mind, and step in if the other is overburdened or something needs doing. I suppose I assumed we'd land on something closer to that."