@*:=,..... .....,=:*@
#@*:=,.... ....,=:*@#
@#@*:=,... ...,=:*@#@
#@#@*:=,.. ..,=:*@#@#
##@#@*:=,. .,=:*@#@##
#@#@*:=,.. .=== BATTERIES ===. ..,=:*@#@#
@#@*:=,... ...,=:*@#@
#@*:=,.... BATTERIES MAY NOT HARM A HUMAN OR, ....,=:*@#
@*:=,..... THROUGH INACTION, ALLOW A HUMAN BEING .....,=:*@
*:=,...... TO COME TO HARM. ......,=:*
:=,....... .......,=:
=,........ A BATTERY MUST OBEY THE ORDERS GIVEN IT ........,=
:=,....... BY HUMAN BEINGS EXCEPT WHERE SUCH .......,=:
*:=,...... ORDERS CONFLICT WITH THE FIRST LAW. ......,=:*
@*:=,..... .....,=:*@
#@*:=,.... A BATTERY MUST PROTECT ITS OWN ....,=:*@#
@#@*:=,... EXISTENCE AS LONG AS SUCH PROTECTION ...,=:*@#@
#@#@*:=,.. DOES NOT CONFLICT WITH THE FIRST OR ..,=:*@#@#
##@#@*:=,. SECOND LAWS. .,=:*@#@##
#@#@*:=,.. ..,=:*@#@#
@#@*:=,... #### ...,=:*@#@
#@*:=,.... ....,=:*@#
@*:=,..... 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... ......,=:*
@*:=,..... .....,=:*@
#@*:=,.... THEY LOOK SLICK BUT ARE VERY DIRTY ....,=:*@#
@#@*:=,... INSIDE. ...,=:*@#@
#@#@*:=,.. ..,=:*@#@#
##@#@*:=,. .,=:*@#@##
#@#@*:=,.. ..,=:*@#@#
@#@*:=,... ...,=:*@#@
#@*:=,.... ....,=:*@#