Yeah, Makoto says that. He says you won't have to worry about starving. Hickey won't have to worry about starving and the voyage will just be a year long and we have enough provisions for the trip, everything will be fine. Sure.

All that tells Hickey is that Makoto never had to worry about starving. After all, there's nothing certain in life. Food, shelter, health, all of those could vanish in a moment's notice.

"You've got technology like this place, yeah? Cars and televisions and all that."