He is sitting there staring at his flaming hand (Burning Hands) and rippling his fingers. Does anything happen in the next 5 minutes?
Wait, what. Did you want to skip straight to the first city or are you still at the beginning? Also, the caravan has three chest and one large sack. Did you guys want to know each other already?
Doesn't really matter to me. Did you plan to skip ahead?
I planned for both. All that would really happen is a few words from the guy sending you off congratulating you on your first task as a red wizard, among some other stuff.