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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query-continue>
    <alllinks galcontinue="Capital_Temple" />
  </query-continue>
  <query>
    <pages>
      <page ns="0" title="Cantey" missing="" />
      <page pageid="107" ns="0" title="Beth Daschel" />
      <page pageid="169" ns="0" title="Bill Nash" />
      <page pageid="97" ns="0" title="Blue Crystal Trap" />
      <page pageid="25" ns="0" title="Brain Eater" />
      <page pageid="75" ns="0" title="Branch World" />
      <page pageid="151" ns="0" title="Bre&#039;kat" />
      <page pageid="62" ns="0" title="Bright-eyed Mimic" />
      <page pageid="5" ns="0" title="Brownshirt" />
      <page pageid="141" ns="0" title="Caitlin" />
    </pages>
  </query>
</api>