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$*/~,.....           .~~~ BATTERIES ~~~.            .....,~/*$
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@&$*/~,... BATTERIES  MAY  NOT  HARM  A  HUMAN  OR, ...,~/*$&@
#@&$*/~,.. THROUGH INACTION,  ALLOW  A HUMAN  BEING ..,~/*$&@#
##@&$*/~,.             TO COME TO HARM.             .,~/*$&@##
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@&$*/~,... A BATTERY MUST OBEY THE ORDERS GIVEN  IT ...,~/*$&@
&$*/~,.... BY   HUMAN  BEINGS  EXCEPT  WHERE   SUCH ....,~/*$&
$*/~,..... ORDERS  CONFLICT  WITH  THE  FIRST  LAW. .....,~/*$
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@&$*/~,... A   BATTERY   MUST   PROTECT   ITS   OWN ...,~/*$&@
#@&$*/~,.. EXISTENCE AS  LONG  AS  SUCH  PROTECTION ..,~/*$&@#
##@&$*/~,. DOES NOT  CONFLICT  WITH  THE  FIRST  OR .,~/*$&@##
#@&$*/~,..               SECOND LAWS.               ..,~/*$&@#
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&$*/~,....  THESE THINGS POWER ALMOST EVERYTHING,   ....,~/*$&
@&$*/~,... BUT  WHEN  I  SPEAK  ABOUT  BATTERIES  I ...,~/*$&@
#@&$*/~,..   SPEAK ABOUT STANDARD HOUSEHOLD ONES.   ..,~/*$&@#
##@&$*/~,.         THINK DOUBLE A, TRIPLE A,        .,~/*$&@##
#@&$*/~,..    TWENTYFIVE TWENTY, NINE VOLT, SUCH    ..,~/*$&@#
@&$*/~,...                 THINGS...                ...,~/*$&@
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$*/~,..... THEY  LOOK  SLICK  BUT  ARE  VERY  DIRTY .....,~/*$
&$*/~,....                 INSIDE.                  ....,~/*$&
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