Excel sighed and continued eating his meal. He waited until he was finished before walking towards Celestia. He didn't look at her directly, but instead stared out of the window as she was doing. "Don't think you're the only one with a sad story. Many people trying to climb the tower have probably had it worse than you or me." Even his story was probably worse than hers. Both of his parents had been killed by someone that got pretty far up the ladder. This man had been a serial killer, with warped reasons as to why he was killing. And the tower's government hadn't done a single thing about it for at least two months before finally someone strong enough just happened to pass through the first 2 floors of the tower to take him out. He was only 12 back then.

"About your family." He now spoke a little most softly, not wanting the others to listen in. "I had my suspicions the moment I saw you use powerful magic that is usually only seen in the noble families. And after that you confirmed that suspicion several times. Any person climbing the tower is just another participant to me, so as long as we're a party I won't attack you at least." He didn't plan on staying with her for long. Though it depended on what kind of tests they were going to get after this. Maybe they were teamed up for more reasons than just the test they were about to take part in.