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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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