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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query-continue>
    <allredirects garcontinue="Shadow_Entity" />
  </query-continue>
  <query>
    <pages>
      <page pageid="37" ns="0" title="Chronology of Events - The Author (AKA Noah Fulmer)" />
      <page pageid="123" ns="0" title="Chronology of Events - The Battle of the Capital Temple" />
      <page pageid="132" ns="0" title="Compressed Space" />
      <page pageid="43" ns="0" title="Conn Thompson" />
      <page pageid="27" ns="0" title="Corpse-thing" />
      <page pageid="175" ns="0" title="Her Glory" />
      <page pageid="29" ns="0" title="Jonathan Cortin" />
      <page pageid="32" ns="0" title="Noah Fulmer" />
      <page pageid="7" ns="0" title="Portal hub facility" />
      <page pageid="100" ns="0" title="Rotator" />
    </pages>
  </query>
</api>