My ex and I had a Torti. Her name was Mystery (and she definitely lived up to her name). Much like yours, ours was also sensitive to emotion, she was a fabulous little ‘fisher girl’ (would drop her dry food into the water dish, then scoop it out), was a master at hunting bugs and zeroed in on the tiniest insect on the wall/floor and stared at it for minutes. At times, when looking at her, she’d be staring at the wall/floor, but there was nothing there. I also heard that all Torties are females (the same as Calicos). She abhorred dogs and tolerated the other cats. She was a sweet little thing with us, though.