"Well, you're doing something now. You're helping me, that makes you a hero Claire." Coraline said. Coraline wished she had a power but she didn't. She could see things clearly because the stone was magical, it could protect her too but Coraline wasn't special. Coraline was just really, really curious.

And it had gotten her into trouble.

"That's it you can't die and if you can't die then she won't need anyone else. She can kill all the kids she wants, she'll get stronger and bigger and hurt people because she can.. She feeds off energy, she drains them." Coraline said. She'd enough for Coraline to have felt it the drained Coraline, just a little bit but next day. She'd been tired and weak. "So, you need to run or we need to run but she can't get you. She can't."

Coraline was so focused on her, that she never thought about what the music was or the ticking.