"It can be very fun," she says, "if you do not fall." She took a deep breath. "But at first that's mostly all you do." She took one hand away and pulled him closer to her with the other, linking her arm with his.
It was strange being nearly eye level with him. "And so," she continues, walking with a slow dignity (as if she were at court) with him, "a person must show a little bit of determination to learn ice skating."