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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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