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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    &£%\=:....
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.:=\%£&@## THEY  LOOK  SLICK  BUT  ARE  VERY  DIRTY ##@&£%\=:.
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