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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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.-~:%@§@##                   ####                   ##@§@%:~-.
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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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