diff --git a/code/game/dna/dna_modifier.dm b/code/game/dna/dna_modifier.dm
index 58bf7b8bb3d..73fd6150f66 100644
--- a/code/game/dna/dna_modifier.dm
+++ b/code/game/dna/dna_modifier.dm
@@ -132,9 +132,9 @@
 			for(var/mob/C in player_list)
 				if(C.mind && C.mind.key == M.mind.key)
 					message_admins("Found mind, asking for respawn")
-					switch(alert(C,"<b><font color = #330033><font size = 3>Your corpse has been placed into a cloning scanner. Do you want to be resurrected/cloned? Please not if you select 'No', you will be able to be cloned or borged again this round.</b></font color>","Yes","No"))
+					switch(alert(C,"Your corpse has been placed into a cloning scanner. Do you want to be resurrected/cloned? Please not if you select 'No', you will be able to be cloned or borged again this round.","Clone Alert","Yes","No"))
 						if("Yes")
-							C.key = M.key
+							M.key = C.key
 							return
 						if("No")
 							return
diff --git a/code/game/machinery/podmen.dm b/code/game/machinery/podmen.dm
index 2628f25820b..e8fbc048cf9 100644
--- a/code/game/machinery/podmen.dm
+++ b/code/game/machinery/podmen.dm
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ Growing it to term with nothing injected will grab a ghost from the observers. *
 				for(var/mob/O in respawnable_list)
 					if(O.mind == source.mind && config.revival_pod_plants)
 						message_admins("Found mind, asking for respawn")
-						switch(alert(O,"<b><font color = #330033><font size = 3>Your corpse has been placed into a pod plant. Do you want to be resurrected/cloned? Please not if you select 'No', you will be able to be cloned or borged again this round.</b></font color>","Yes","No"))
+						switch(alert(O,"Your corpse has been placed into a pod plant. Do you want to be resurrected/cloned? Please not if you select 'No', you will be able to be cloned or borged again this round.","Pod Alert","Yes","No"))
 							if("Yes")
 								source.key = O.key
 								return
diff --git a/code/modules/mob/say.dm b/code/modules/mob/say.dm
index 4c57c1c3f28..0a923e0008c 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/say.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/say.dm
@@ -92,6 +92,8 @@
 		return 1
 	else if (istype(other, /mob/living/carbon/human) && istype(src, /mob/living/carbon/human))
 		return 1
+	else if (istype(other, /mob/living/simple_animal) && istype(src, /mob/living/simple_animal))
+		return 1
 	return 0
 
 /mob/proc/say_quote(var/text,var/datum/language/speaking)