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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query-continue>
    <alllinks galcontinue="Bacon_Theather|494" />
  </query-continue>
  <query>
    <pages>
      <page pageid="19" ns="0" title="Fairhaven" />
      <page pageid="55" ns="0" title="Yoland Swagginson" />
      <page pageid="76" ns="0" title="Dwarven Mark" />
      <page pageid="81" ns="0" title="Act 1" />
      <page pageid="308" ns="0" title="Miley Cider" />
      <page pageid="317" ns="0" title="Bruno Ares" />
      <page pageid="333" ns="0" title="Bacon Theather" />
      <page pageid="420" ns="0" title="Crown&#039;s Crest" />
      <page pageid="432" ns="0" title="History of Eoran" />
    </pages>
  </query>
</api>