As she answered the question, Sapphira did her best to help Max get back into a calm state of mind, hoping the poor cat wasn't angry at her or anything for having been in her arms during the fight. "I wasn't interested in entering ze Gundam Fight at first, actually. I'm from Neo Sparta, but I don't exactly see eye-to-eye with zem, and I didn't want to go wisz France, where my faszer's from. But ze representative of ze independent colonies came to me and convinced me zat my skills would be put to good use helping Mars gain self-rule, so I had to help."