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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query>
    <allcategories>
      <c size="1" pages="1" files="0" subcats="0" xml:space="preserve">Aberrations</c>
      <c size="8" pages="8" files="0" subcats="0" xml:space="preserve">Adventuresome Worgs</c>
      <c size="8" pages="8" files="0" subcats="0" xml:space="preserve">Adventuresome worgs</c>
      <c size="3" pages="3" files="0" subcats="0" xml:space="preserve">Animum</c>
      <c size="0" pages="0" files="0" subcats="0" xml:space="preserve">Article Tag Wiki Templates</c>
      <c size="37" pages="37" files="0" subcats="0" xml:space="preserve">Aspect Items</c>
      <c size="2" pages="2" files="0" subcats="0" xml:space="preserve">Bots</c>
      <c size="7" pages="6" files="0" subcats="1" xml:space="preserve">CUTE</c>
      <c size="3" pages="3" files="0" subcats="0" xml:space="preserve">CUTE Classes</c>
      <c size="2" pages="2" files="0" subcats="0" xml:space="preserve">Campaign Settings</c>
    </allcategories>
  </query>
  <query-continue>
    <allcategories acfrom="Campaign settings" />
  </query-continue>
</api>