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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query-continue>
    <alllinks galcontinue="Before_the_Dawn|511" />
  </query-continue>
  <query>
    <pages>
      <page pageid="130" ns="0" title="Larasa and Morgan" />
      <page pageid="146" ns="0" title="Taramir" />
      <page pageid="349" ns="0" title="Lia Xin" />
      <page pageid="352" ns="10" title="Template:Quiet Lia (Story)" />
      <page pageid="484" ns="10" title="Template:Before the Dawn (Story)" />
      <page pageid="594" ns="0" title="Phantoms of the Past" />
      <page pageid="595" ns="0" title="Kala" />
      <page pageid="601" ns="0" title="Ilyria" />
      <page pageid="610" ns="0" title="Ythol Annulus" />
      <page pageid="690" ns="0" title="Paid in Full" />
    </pages>
  </query>
</api>