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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 £§$†-~....
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.........~   THESE THINGS POWER ALMOST EVERYTHING,  ~.........
.......... BUT  WHEN  I  SPEAK  ABOUT  BATTERIES  I ..........
..........   SPEAK ABOUT STANDARD HOUSEHOLD ONES.   ..........
..........         THINK DOUBLE A, TRIPLE A,        ..........
.........~    TWENTYFIVE TWENTY, NINE VOLT, SUCH    ~.........
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......~-†$ THEY  LOOK  SLICK  BUT  ARE  VERY  DIRTY $†-~......
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