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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    ...^-/%%##
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%/-^...... THEY  LOOK  SLICK  BUT  ARE  VERY  DIRTY ......^-/%
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