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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.             %^=,......
.....,=^%*                                          *%^=,.....
....,=^%*# 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.               *%^=,.....
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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 =,........
.......,=^                  INSIDE.                 ^=,.......
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..,=^%*#@#                                          #@#*%^=,..