Okay! Now that I'm not at work I can reply to all of this more in depth.
Em totally respects the distance. Really, she's going to be more interested in good food than having a bestest human buddy. Human buddies try to do the right thing and take you to the vet, and Em doesn't know if the shots would mess her up should she ever become human or if they'd try to fix her which would be really messed up. So yeah, she'll probably gravitative toward Cutter the less "OMG KITTEH" he is.
I FUCKING LOVE FRANKIE. That was the character that made me go, "Oh yeah. I have to app to this game." Em might really babble on around him because she hasn't been able to talk to anyone in over two years and has been very lonely, but at the same time, SNAKES. AAAAAAH. Frankie will probably be able to eventually reassure her, but not until they have some srs discussions. She is kinda wary.
With Ella she probably would get feelings from the cat. Em is fairly cat-ish just from how long she's been an animal but her mind/spirit is still human.