Time Based Narrative

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Takira Turrentine
Prof. Malic
4D: Time-Based Narrative
September 12, 2016

My Name

My name, my name, my name. Takira, That’s my name the name that can mean so many things and at the same time so little. It's a mystery Takira is my name, the name my parents created after watching the animated japanese cartoon called Akira.

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