"like any mall , it was filled with familiar chains , and a selfish part of me thought that maybe if we found the group soon enough , we could still get in shopping time . christian and i walked the length of it twice and saw no signs of our friends or anything resembling tunnels . '' maybe we 're in the wrong place , '' i finally said . '' or maybe they are , '' suggested _ ..." What is the word in the blank space (_)? The answer is
christian