"We didn't have school," says Gideon, offering her hand again. "Would've seemed pretty poor taste, I think, funneling the two of us into an empty school, all those rows of empty desks. And Harrow would've had private tutors anyway, even if there had been more kids, so I guess they just decided to toss some lessons my way, too." If Tally grabs her hand, she's going to immediately trip her over again the other way to see how she catches herself when falling forward.