Then why are you skating as though you are afraid to?

[She makes a slow turn, wheeling a half-circuit until she's in front of him, facing him. She's not nearly good enough yet to try skating backward, but she's at least steady enough to not fall over when Alucard inevitably bumps against her from his forward trajectory.]

I think what you should do is commit to falling. Accept that on this next pass of yours, you're going to slip and fall. You can catch yourself by floating, anyway, so it won't even hurt. But — try it with confidence, having already accepted that you're going to tumble. And see what happens.