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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query>
    <pages>
      <page pageid="1" ns="0" title="Main Page">
        <links>
          <pl ns="0" title="Contact" />
          <pl ns="0" title="Editor FAQ" />
          <pl ns="0" title="Important terms" />
          <pl ns="0" title="Loki ref" />
          <pl ns="0" title="Most important Skills and character advancement terms" />
          <pl ns="0" title="Most important action/combat terms" />
          <pl ns="0" title="Most important character creation terms" />
          <pl ns="0" title="Most important general terms" />
          <pl ns="0" title="Most important in-play use terms" />
          <pl ns="0" title="Most important magic systems terms" />
        </links>
      </page>
    </pages>
  </query>
  <query-continue>
    <links plcontinue="1|0|PK ref" />
  </query-continue>
</api>