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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. ........==
$==.......                                          .......==$
£$==...... A   BATTERY   MUST   PROTECT   ITS   OWN ......==$£
#£$==..... EXISTENCE AS  LONG  AS  SUCH  PROTECTION .....==$£#
##£$==.... DOES  NOT CONFLICT  WITH  THE  FIRST  OR ....==$£##
###£$==...               SECOND LAWS.               ...==$£###
####£$==..                                          ..==$£####
###£$==...                   ####                   ...==$£###
##£$==....                                          ....==$£##
#£$==.....   THESE THINGS POWER ALMOST EVERYTHING,  .....==$£#
£$==...... BUT  WHEN  I  SPEAK  ABOUT  BATTERIES  I ......==$£
$==.......   SPEAK ABOUT STANDARD HOUSEHOLD ONES.   .......==$
==........        THINK DOUBLE A, TRIPLE A,         ........==
=.........    TWENTYFIVE TWENTY, NINE VOLT, SUCH    .........=
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.......... THEY  LOOK  SLICK  BUT  ARE  VERY  DIRTY ..........
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