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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    ~^........
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.......^~* THEY  LOOK  SLICK  BUT  ARE  VERY  DIRTY *~^.......
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