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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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