[Now Magnus starts to get the idea that Cisco isn't using past tense just because he knew Ronnie before Riverview. His demeanor softens a little.]

Sounds like a really cool dude. I wish I coulda met him.

[He figures it's probably to Cisco's benefit to not keep talking about his dead friend.]

I can relate to that. I kinda felt that way on the Starblaster for a little while. Everybody else on the ship was just so... Y'know... smart. And I'm not. [He shrugs.] But you already know I got over that.

[He takes a drink, and this drink actually finishes off his beer.] Okay, so I noticed this on the way in and now that I have a full beer in me I gotta bring it up—people on the other side of the bar are playing a sing-along game? [He points to a couple of drunks singing into a karaoke microphone.] I wanna do that.