For good
For good adverb - For a long time without essential change.
Never
Never adverb - At no time.
Both terms in one sentence
- Also, Karai originally planned an Enemy Mine instead, but follows the trope straight when the Shredder is defeated for good, knowing he'll never come back.
Source: Heel Face Turn / Fan Works -
Batou comments that he's never heard of a diving cyborg before, and for good reason: a buoyancy compensator failure would result in guaranteed death.
Source: Walk, Don't Swim - After leaving Roy for good, she acknowledges in her Love Confession to Jim at the beach games that she never should have been with Roy as long as she did, but never gave much thought to the reasons why until she met Jim.
Source: What Does She See in Him?
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