it gave me a precious second or two , and it was time enough to bring up my blasting rod and loose a panicked strike at her . a few drawers later and he found another key item he was looking for : a can opener . for good means what you ought to prefer quite regardless of what you happen to like at any given moment . `` for all we know , she could just tell them to kill us and be done with it . '' prove he was out of her system and move on . 