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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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