In a world without super soldiers, Riou is about as close as it gets. He's a man who lives to be a soldier and can only see himself doing something else because he was forced out of it by a regime change. Even among his fellow servicemen, he's capable of taking on more than one of them at once by himself. The term one-man platoon was used even in recent times by his police officer comrade who enlisted his assistance from time to time.

Needless to say, he would much rather enjoy a challenge if the man could bring one compared to someone who couldn't.

"They need to be able to increase their response time. That was a simple throw, if an enemy had intended on their elimination, they would be defeated."

Just to clarify that he wasn't just bullying the person... he really did intend to help. Riou just has a tendency to be overkill in most situations. Still, he moves into a combative stance and waits for Jack to make the first move.