Um, yes. Max was huge and intimidating and about as subtle as having a brick rammed down your throat. Char was kind of banking on the idea that having someone obviously very large and obviously very used to the risks of human firearms (he was, after all, an army guy) would be enough of a deterrent to keep Raikov from getting too trigger-happy.

"Just wanna make sure nobody tries anythin' they might regret, that's all. Don't need nobody else gettin' a bullet up the ass."