Max hallucinates all throughout, seeing people he failed to save. Near the end they save his life, when a girl raises her hand at him. He flinces, and his hand stops a crossbow bolt.
but I just noticed that appears earlier! he gets the same hallucination midway in. right after, just a split second, there's the dude who shoots at him later
Max is getting visions of the future!
...mixed with really bad PTSD hallucinations. So you know mixed bag