Step two is not actually small, it begins at the place on the floor where the feet pass. What is small is the extensions of the free leg outside of the shadow of the body - ideally this is ZERO. If you want to really move on step two, you need to move your body over the standing foot, and incline your entire body as you move. Hence the analogy to a pendulum, which no matter what the angle to the floor is always in perfect alignment with it's support.