diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/brain/brain.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/brain/brain.dm
index e700c6fad4..c705e71866 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/brain/brain.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/brain/brain.dm
@@ -55,4 +55,7 @@
 		canmove = 1
 		use_me = 1 //If it can move, let it emote
 	else							canmove = 0
-	return canmove
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+	return canmove
+
+/mob/living/carbon/brain/binarycheck()
+	return istype(loc, /obj/item/device/mmi)
diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/brain/say.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/brain/say.dm
index ecfb825684..e602916d8c 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/brain/say.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/brain/say.dm
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 /mob/living/carbon/brain/say(var/message)
 	if (silent)
 		return
-
-	if(!(container && istype(container, /obj/item/device/mmi)))
+
+	if(!(container && istype(container, /obj/item/device/mmi)))
 		return //No MMI, can't speak, bucko./N
 	else
 		var/datum/language/speaking = parse_language(message)
@@ -24,8 +24,13 @@
 				return
 			else
 				message = Gibberish(message, (emp_damage*6))//scrambles the message, gets worse when emp_damage is higher
+
+		if(speaking && speaking.flags & HIVEMIND)
+			speaking.broadcast(src,trim(message))
+			return
+
 		if(istype(container, /obj/item/device/mmi/radio_enabled))
 			var/obj/item/device/mmi/radio_enabled/R = container
 			if(R.radio)
 				spawn(0) R.radio.hear_talk(src, trim(sanitize(message)), verb, speaking)
-		..()
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+		..(trim(message), speaking, verb)