The cold war? That was going back a bit, especially for Chaos Tech. He could remember learning about it in history class but not a huge amount. From context though, he was starting to make sense of things.
What Higgs had to say made chills run up his spine. A cold feeling of dread followed, weighed down by a heavy feeling of responsibility. Chaos knew he should have just kept his mouth shut but he wanted to help. He really did. He wanted to make things right, somehow.
"By save a few lives, I'm guessing you mean the people on our station and us... Or do you mean something else?" Chaos asked. "I thought you cared about what happened to us... I mean, isn't that why you brought us here? To give us a new home? A new start? Give us a safe place to live?" he asked, knowing once more he should have kept his mouth shut. He didn't listen to people often when he had something on his mind. He wanted to understand things.