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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query-continue>
    <alllinks galcontinue="Baie_Oblic`ej|1910" />
  </query-continue>
  <query>
    <pages>
      <page pageid="1393" ns="0" title="Mongrel" />
      <page pageid="1566" ns="0" title="Order of Straka" />
      <page pageid="1697" ns="0" title="Joseph O&#039;Cynen" />
      <page pageid="1758" ns="0" title="BrokenDreamer" />
      <page pageid="1834" ns="0" title="Bea Kanaya" />
      <page pageid="1863" ns="0" title="Plots 06 03" />
      <page pageid="1869" ns="0" title="Plots 12 03" />
      <page pageid="1875" ns="0" title="Plots 04 03" />
      <page pageid="1889" ns="0" title="The Baie" />
      <page pageid="1945" ns="0" title="Plots 06 05" />
    </pages>
  </query>
</api>