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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query-continue>
    <allpages gapfrom="Two Good" />
  </query-continue>
  <query>
    <pages>
      <page pageid="85" ns="0" title="The Best of Ishtar Alabina" touched="2018-04-27T14:14:14Z" lastrevid="118564" counter="787" length="1234" />
      <page pageid="86" ns="0" title="The Reckoning" touched="2018-04-27T14:14:14Z" lastrevid="84603" counter="950" length="1076" />
      <page pageid="87" ns="0" title="Time" touched="2019-03-27T08:42:49Z" lastrevid="143910" counter="1723" length="2598" />
      <page pageid="19320" ns="0" title="Toy" touched="2019-03-27T08:43:50Z" lastrevid="143911" counter="1301" length="1896" />
    </pages>
  </query>
</api>