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###@%*\~:.           .~~~ 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.               ..:~\*%@##
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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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