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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 ¤¤§†-~....
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