I love this work! I love the idea if I don't give the little raven a name the officer would name it "Maat". It represents a lot.
At first I thought Eliot was just another serial killer but it turned out that he's just enduring his own justice in a ... wel, inlegal way. I like this kind of characters who understands the price of their behavior (I think he knows?) .
By the way Tower of Silence remind me of a fiction with same name by Ogai Mori. I wonder if that's a source of inspiration.
Have a nice day!