diff --git a/code/modules/reagents/Chemistry-Recipes_vr.dm b/code/modules/reagents/Chemistry-Recipes_vr.dm
index ed94d5a05b..fe8731a0a1 100644
--- a/code/modules/reagents/Chemistry-Recipes_vr.dm
+++ b/code/modules/reagents/Chemistry-Recipes_vr.dm
@@ -57,11 +57,19 @@
 	if(ishuman(holder.my_atom))
 		var/mob/living/carbon/human/H = holder.my_atom
 		if(H.stat == DEAD && (/mob/living/carbon/human/proc/begin_reconstitute_form in H.verbs)) //no magical regen for non-regenners, and can't force the reaction on live ones
-			if(H.hasnutriment() && !H.reviving) // make sure it actually has the conditions to revive
-				H.visible_message("<span class='info'>[H] shudders briefly, then relaxes, faint movements stirring within.</span>")
-				H.chimera_regenerate()
+			if(H.hasnutriment()) // make sure it actually has the conditions to revive
+				if(!H.reviving) // if it's not reviving, start doing so
+					H.visible_message("<span class='info'>[H] shudders briefly, then relaxes, faint movements stirring within.</span>")
+					H.chimera_regenerate()
+				else if (/mob/living/carbon/human/proc/hatch in H.verbs)// already reviving, check if they're ready to hatch
+					H.chimera_hatch()
+					H.visible_message("<span class='danger'><p><font size=4>[H] violently convulses and then bursts open, revealing a new, intact copy in the pool of viscera.</font></p></span>") // Hope you were wearing waterproofs, doc...
+					H.adjustBrainLoss(10) // they're reviving from dead, so take 10 brainloss
+				else //they're already reviving but haven't hatched. Give a little message to tell them to wait.
+					H.visible_message("<span class='info'>[H] stirs faintly, but doesn't appear to be ready to wake up yet.</span>")
 			else
-				H.visible_message("<span class='info'>[H] twitches for a moment, but remains still.</span>")
+				H.visible_message("<span class='info'>[H] twitches for a moment, but remains still.</span>") // no nutriment
+
 
 ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 /// Vore Drugs