2) I'll resist the temptation to see a soul shaped like a Zero-helmet. He may have a big ol' Geass symbol overlaying his soul though.
4) Yeah, probably. It's not like murder was his objective, but he certainly wasn't avoiding getting them.

BTW, ilu Lina. My inbox has a 4-email history of successively more fabulous declarations of THE UNITED STATES OF PAGE THREE. And, well, this entire post sort of amuses me.