diff --git a/code/game/gamemodes/blob/blobs/blob_mobs.dm b/code/game/gamemodes/blob/blobs/blob_mobs.dm
index 97f80fb9bd3..4c7f216233a 100644
--- a/code/game/gamemodes/blob/blobs/blob_mobs.dm
+++ b/code/game/gamemodes/blob/blobs/blob_mobs.dm
@@ -224,8 +224,11 @@
 
 /mob/living/simple_animal/hostile/blob/blobbernaut/proc/blob_talk()
 	var/message = input(src, "Announce to the overmind", "Blob Telepathy")
-	var/rendered = "<font color=\"#EE4000\"><i><span class='game say'>Blob Telepathy, <span class='name'>[name]([overmind])</span> <span class='message'>states, \"[message]\"</span></span></i></font>"
+	var/rendered
+	var/follow_text
 	if(message)
 		for(var/mob/M in GLOB.mob_list)
-			if(isovermind(M) || isobserver(M) || istype((M), /mob/living/simple_animal/hostile/blob/blobbernaut))
-				M.show_message(rendered, 2)
+			follow_text = isobserver(M) ? " ([ghost_follow_link(src, ghost = M)])" : ""
+			rendered = "<font color=\"#EE4000\"><i><span class='game say'>Blob Telepathy, <span class='name'>[name]([overmind])</span>[follow_text] <span class='message'>states, \"[message]\"</span></span></i></font>"
+			if(isovermind(M) || isobserver(M) || istype(M, /mob/living/simple_animal/hostile/blob/blobbernaut))
+				M.show_message(rendered, EMOTE_AUDIBLE)
diff --git a/code/game/gamemodes/blob/overmind.dm b/code/game/gamemodes/blob/overmind.dm
index 35fe730c6f7..c3ec43b145f 100644
--- a/code/game/gamemodes/blob/overmind.dm
+++ b/code/game/gamemodes/blob/overmind.dm
@@ -94,12 +94,13 @@
 	if(!message)
 		return
 
-	var/verb = "states,"
-	var/rendered = "<font color=\"#EE4000\"><i><span class='game say'>Blob Telepathy, <span class='name'>[name]([blob_reagent_datum.name])</span> <span class='message'>[verb] \"[message]\"</span></span></i></font>"
-
+	var/rendered
+	var/follow_text
 	for(var/mob/M in GLOB.mob_list)
-		if(isovermind(M) || isobserver(M) || istype((M), /mob/living/simple_animal/hostile/blob/blobbernaut))
-			M.show_message(rendered, 2)
+		follow_text = isobserver(M) ? " ([ghost_follow_link(src, ghost=M)])" : ""
+		rendered = "<font color=\"#EE4000\"><i><span class='game say'>Blob Telepathy, <span class='name'>[name]([blob_reagent_datum.name])</span>[follow_text] <span class='message'>states, \"[message]\"</span></span></i></font>"
+		if(isovermind(M) || isobserver(M) || istype(M, /mob/living/simple_animal/hostile/blob/blobbernaut))
+			M.show_message(rendered, EMOTE_AUDIBLE)
 
 /mob/camera/blob/blob_act(obj/structure/blob/B)
 	return