"it walked in a circle , until it was facing away from coraline , and then it began to walk backwards , stiffly , one step at a time , until it was pushing up against coraline 's leg . she put down a hand to stroke it , and could feel how hard its heart was beating . it was trembling like a dead leaf in a storm . '' you 'll be fine , '' said _ ..." What is the word in the blank space (_)? The answer is
coraline