The young Steampunk Spaniel is puttering away in his Limnology Laboratory when a boiler explodes and sets off his Era Explorer. Somehow, it has entirely expressed him to another era! He quickly draws his Steam Beam pistol and looks around.
What wonder is this? It's a dragon! Is his Steam Beam powerful enough to send the fire-breathing lizard to meet its maker? Hark, it comes this way!
The Steampunk Spaniel crouches behind some unfamiliar brush, preparing to defend himself to the last.
Patience! This "dragon" looks to be similar to those... stone bones... that Cope and Marsh keep arguing about. Those... Leviathans? No, Dinephants... no, Dinoceroses, that was it! No fire breathing, and why, this one doesn't even seem to be a carnivore! Perhaps it can be made friendly by offering some of this bush.
The Steampunk Spaniel enjoys the company of his new Dinoceros friend, while pondering how he will express himself back to his proper era using only the power of his Steam Beam. He's the protagonist, he'll figure it out.
We mourn for the loss of the Dinoceros friend, who had to remain in the Cretaceous.