Bearclaw Valley it's whatever you say it is

Intrigued, he finds himself leaning forwards as Merrick leans forwards, a slow-motion domino effect that is made infinitely more ominous by the mention of matricide.
He wonders what other secrets he might be hiding. The bloodiest, most tragic strip-tease he'd ever heard of. 
And he wonders where the body is. Would Merrick have buried her? Burned her? Cast her to the ocean? He's filled with a morbid curiosity, the same curiosity that brings premature deaths to hundreds of people all around the world every day. Felled by an angry mother bear. A slip and a tumble down a canyon. Touching a live wire, and burning to death in a single millisecond.
There are people who need to die, Ico, he says after Merrick finishes his story, as if explaining to a child. Even if you have to be the person who kills them. You're just cleaning the streets. Getting rid of the scum.