diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/species/station/protean_vr/protean_blob.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/species/station/protean_vr/protean_blob.dm
index e06ba2af404..00011648ab7 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/species/station/protean_vr/protean_blob.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/species/station/protean_vr/protean_blob.dm
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@
 	if(humanform)
 		humanform.nano_outofblob(src)
 	else
-		to_chat(src,"<span class='warning'>Something's gone terribly wrong and we can't find your human body. Admin-help this.")
+		to_chat(src,"<span class='warning'>Something's gone terribly wrong and we can't find your human body. Admin-help this.</span>")
 		return
 
 /mob/living/simple_animal/protean_blob/update_icon()
diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/species/station/protean_vr/protean_species.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/species/station/protean_vr/protean_species.dm
index 1e01004abbf..af775ca5193 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/species/station/protean_vr/protean_species.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/species/station/protean_vr/protean_species.dm
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@
 	return rgb(80,80,80,230)
 
 /datum/species/protean/handle_death(var/mob/living/carbon/human/H)
-	to_chat(H,"<span class='warning'>You died as a Protean. Please sit out of the round for at least 30 minutes before respawning, to represent the time it would take to ship a new-you to the station.")
+	to_chat(H,"<span class='warning'>You died as a Protean. Please sit out of the round for at least 30 minutes before respawning, to represent the time it would take to ship a new-you to the station.</span>")
 	spawn(1)
 		if(H)
 			H.gib()
@@ -276,8 +276,8 @@
 
 /datum/modifier/protean/steel/tick()
 	..()
-	holder.adjustBruteLoss(-10) //Looks high, but these ARE modified by species resistances, so this is really 20% of this
-	holder.adjustFireLoss(-1) //And this is really double this
+	holder.adjustBruteLoss(-10,include_robo = TRUE) //Looks high, but these ARE modified by species resistances, so this is really 20% of this
+	holder.adjustFireLoss(-1,include_robo = TRUE) //And this is really double this
 	var/mob/living/carbon/human/H = holder
 	for(var/organ in H.internal_organs)
 		var/obj/item/organ/O = organ