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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query>
    <searchinfo totalhits="1" />
    <search>
      <p ns="0" title="Leveling" snippet="...hey gain levels! Please be aware that we only except fully colored images, &lt;span class=&#039;searchmatch&#039;&gt;meaning&lt;/span&gt; that if you only have the outlines of a drawing, you cannot receive levels &#10;" size="3368" wordcount="543" timestamp="2016-03-07T23:58:24Z" />
    </search>
  </query>
</api>