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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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