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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 #@*=~-....
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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 ..........
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