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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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