diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/emote.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/emote.dm
index ef2cebecf2..0153ee7505 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/emote.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/emote.dm
@@ -411,7 +411,7 @@
 		to_chat(user, "You cannot send IC messages (muted).")
 		return FALSE
 	else if(!params)
-		var/custom_emote = copytext(sanitize(input("Choose an emote to display.") as text|null), 1, MAX_MESSAGE_LEN)
+		var/custom_emote = copytext(sanitize(input("Choose an emote to display.") as message|null), 1, MAX_MESSAGE_LEN) //CIT CHANGE - expands emote textbox
 		if(custom_emote && !check_invalid(user, custom_emote))
 			var/type = input("Is this a visible or hearable emote?") as null|anything in list("Visible", "Hearable")
 			switch(type)
diff --git a/code/modules/mob/say.dm b/code/modules/mob/say.dm
index 365f62e88b..9ad832debe 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/say.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/say.dm
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 /mob/proc/whisper(message, datum/language/language=null)
 	say(message, language) //only living mobs actually whisper, everything else just talks
 
-/mob/verb/me_verb(message as text)
+/mob/verb/me_verb(message as message) // CIT CHANGE - makes me command input box bigger
 	set name = "Me"
 	set category = "IC"
 
diff --git a/code/modules/mob/say_vr.dm b/code/modules/mob/say_vr.dm
index 9ccc555f34..a4d234ded7 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/say_vr.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/say_vr.dm
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ proc/get_top_level_mob(var/mob/S)
 		to_chat(user, "You cannot send IC messages (muted).")
 		return FALSE
 	else if(!params)
-		var/subtle_emote = copytext(sanitize(input("Choose an emote to display.") as text|null), 1, MAX_MESSAGE_LEN)
+		var/subtle_emote = copytext(sanitize(input("Choose an emote to display.") as message|null), 1, MAX_MESSAGE_LEN)
 		if(subtle_emote && !check_invalid(user, subtle_emote))
 			var/type = input("Is this a visible or hearable emote?") as null|anything in list("Visible", "Hearable")
 			switch(type)
@@ -123,4 +123,4 @@ proc/get_top_level_mob(var/mob/S)
 	if(GLOB.say_disabled)	//This is here to try to identify lag problems
 		to_chat(usr, "<span class='danger'>Speech is currently admin-disabled.</span>")
 		return
-	usr.emote("subtle")
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+	usr.emote("subtle")