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..^-*$&##@           .--- BATTERIES ---.            @##&$*-^..
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..^-*$&##@ BATTERIES  MAY  NOT  HARM  A  HUMAN  OR, @##&$*-^..
...^-*$&## THROUGH  INACTION,  ALLOW  A HUMAN BEING ##&$*-^...
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......^-*$ A  BATTERY MUST OBEY THE ORDERS GIVEN IT $*-^......
.......^-* BY   HUMAN  BEINGS  EXCEPT  WHERE   SUCH *-^.......
........^- ORDERS  CONFLICT  WITH  THE  FIRST  LAW. -^........
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.......... A   BATTERY   MUST   PROTECT   ITS   OWN ..........
.......... EXISTENCE  AS LONG  AS  SUCH  PROTECTION ..........
.......... DOES  NOT  CONFLICT WITH  THE  FIRST  OR ..........
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.........^  THESE THINGS POWER ALMOST EVERYTHING,   ^.........
........^- BUT  WHEN  I  SPEAK  ABOUT  BATTERIES  I -^........
.......^-*   SPEAK ABOUT STANDARD HOUSEHOLD ONES.   *-^.......
......^-*$        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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