[He liked to forget. Egon wasn't particularly outgoing, but he'd had enough of being belittled in his life time. At least here he could be judged for, say, accidentslly turning people into animals- something under his control.]

I don't know if you two would have gotten along, but he was quite respectable.

[And then he glances back to Marco and frowns.]

Look, Marco, I didn't mean anything personal before, before.