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Andre-

It isn't the volts that generally kills you.. it's the amps. Static electricity generally runs in the thousands of volts...yet due to the low amperage you generally live when the door knob zaps you. Under the proper conditions, a 12 V battery has plenty of amperage... and just enough voltage to kill you.
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You know what the first rule of sailing is? ...Love. You can learn all the math in the 'verse, but you take
a boat to the sea you don't love, she'll shake you off just as sure as the turning of the worlds. Love keeps
her going when she oughta fall down, tells you she's hurting 'fore she keens. Makes her a home.

—Cpt. Mal Reynolds, Serenity (edited)

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