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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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