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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 .&..&&&&&&
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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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