>>I think Devlin made him come out. Reached in and latched onto
>>his hindbrain and made him walk.
>
>Except for the fact that if he could have done that, then why didn't
>he keep him from doing a Peter Pan out the window (to quote Tommy Lee
>Jones)? Devlin was broken up enough about the fact that he thinks he
>killed the guy anyway just by scanning for him in the first place,
>never mind the proof of who was behind it keeping him alive might have
>given.

my immpression was that he tried, but the guy's will to go jump was too strong.
Devlin tried, but couldn't stop the guy. Possibly because the guy was so unbalanced about have a telepath mindtouch him...