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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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