"No, Gideon. You are not under house arrest. You are available to leave the house. Except you really shouldn't. Because you're in the safe house for a reason. I just don't want you alone." It would be so much easier if people would just stop questioning her and just starting doing what she told them to do.
She might have been arguing semantics there, but her main purpose was to make sure he didn't get hurt. Or cause harm to himself. Alice was hoping he could get that. She did have his best interests at heart. She thought. Although from the way he was acting, he didn't think the same as her.
"If you were actually under house arrest, there'd be much more activity going on."