Just as the volcano gave a final rumble, the gears clicked. The steam whistle blew a triumphant note, and the mechanical dinosaurs returned to their stations. Thurston was overjoyed. He realized that while his machines were impressive, they were nothing compared to the intuition and heart of real dinosaurs.

A rogue earthquake had knocked the mechanical gears out of alignment, and several "robot" attractions were now wandering off-script. The park was in danger of shutting down before it even officially opened!

used his T-Rex "hypothesis" skills to deduce exactly how the gears should interlock based on the patterns he saw in the blueprints. A New Kind of Hero