..~%%§####                                          ####§%%~..
......~%§§                                          §§%~......
..~\%%§###                                          ###§%%\~..
..~\%%§###                                          ###§%%\~..
..~\%%§###                                          ###§%%\~..
..~\%%§###           .~~~ batteries ~~~.            ###§%%\~..
.....~%%§§                                          §§%%~.....
..~\%%§### batteries  may  not  harm  a  human  or, ###§%%\~..
..~\%§#### through inaction,  allow a  human  being ####§%\~..
..~\%%§###             to come to harm.             ###§%%\~..
..~\%%§###                                          ###§%%\~..
.....\\%§# a battery  must obey the orders given it #§%\\.....
..~\%%§§## by  human  beings   except   where  such ##§§%%\~..
..~\%%§### orders  conflict  with  the  first  law. ###§%%\~..
....\\%§§#                                          #§§%\\....
..~\\\\%§# a   battery   must   protect   its   own #§%\\\\~..
.....~~%§# existence as  long  as  such  protection #§%~~.....
......~\%# does  not  conflict  with  the first  or #%\~......
..~\%%%%%#               second laws.               #%%%%%\~..
..~\%%§###                                          ###§%%\~..
......~%§#                   ####                   #§%~......
....~~\%§#                                          #§%\~~....
..~\%%§###   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...                 ###§%%\~..
..~\%%§###                                          ###§%%\~..
..~\%%§### they  look  slick  but  are  very  dirty ###§%%\~..
.....\%%%#                 inside.                  #%%%\.....
..~\%%§###                                          ###§%%\~..
..~\\%%%§#                                          #§%%%\\~..
..~\%%§###                                          ###§%%\~..
.....\%%##                                          ##%%\.....
....~~%§##                                          ##§%~~....