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Published: July 23, 2010, 6:38 a.m.

b'Maya and Tim live in a future that is powered by coal, kids over 8 must work for a living, and reality is not what it seems.\\nTim\\u2019s parents died after an apparently random traffic accident, leaving him alone, and in debt for the medical expenses. Unable to pay, his liabilities were auctioned off to a family who owns a caf\\xe9, where he now has to work until their daughter, Maya, finishes college.\\n\\nAfter receiving an unexpected message warning him to check the server logs at the caf\\xe9, Tim and Maya go to meet the mysterious sender, who initially appears to be a bag lady, but is in fact from an old eccentric wealthy Way Station family. She takes Tim and Maya to the disused top floor of the Ashton Towers, where she reveals her involvement in a hundred year old society that is trying to understand the actions of an elusive and dangerous group which has been apparently changing history.\\n\\nTim\\u2019s gopher server project has inadvertently brought him, Maya and the caf\\xe9 under the scrutiny of this organization and the Europa caf\\xe9\\u2019s future may be threatened as a result.\\n\\n\\nProgram Notes And Credits\\n\\nBackground audio textures and sound effects from SoundSnap\\n\\nOpening and closing music from Premiumbeat.\\n\\nEpisode album cover image from Fotolia.'