Once the man-child was expelled (a Garden of Eden motif) by lawyers and thrust into the outer world (to experience both extremes - the inner city and the world of the wealthy, powerful, and elite, and a woman named Eve!), he maintained his primal, archetypal, semi-enlightened innocence and restrained detachment.Although her presence becomes a second reason to make Ireland his new home, the American is so awed and dazzled by her beauty that he doesn""t trust the fairy-tale he has seen:Sean: (rhetorically to Michaeleen about his distorted perceptions) Hey, is that real? She couldn""t be.The homicide case was assigned to another desk officer, and Foley was ordered by Inspector Todd to stay out of it, because of his personal ties, although he was determined to learn more about the case and track down Mikey""s killers.He stressed that he couldn""t be challenged: "I""ll have advanced alien technology thousands of years beyond what anyone could throw at me.The two fugitives took a non-stop flight (!) (American 167) to Manila from New York""s JFK, as the CIA followed all leads o intensify their pursuit of them, after a 17 hour head-start.