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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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