Nah, that's the lore bard just waiting for the trolley to be w/in range of the pompous wizard on the lever while everyone else yells their opinion at said poindexter...

S/he's about to drop an up cast fireball on the trolley, "accidentally" take out the wizard, and get the party to the next puzzle to break ...on the way to cracking their DM's resolve. ☝🏼