diff --git a/src/comments.rs b/src/comments.rs
index 75a33c9..af56ef1 100644
--- a/src/comments.rs
+++ b/src/comments.rs
@@ -1,28 +1,44 @@
-use crate::verification::verify;
+use crate::error::GementionError;
+use crate::models::mentions::{Mention, MentionUpload};
+use crate::models::verification::VerificationStatus;
+use crate::{models::mentions::MentionResponse, verification::verify};
 use fluffer::Client;
 
 // Receive a mention over Titan.
 // - Make Gemini request to see if target page supports gemention.
 // - If so, store mention in DB.
-pub(crate) async fn receive_mention(client: Client) -> String {
+pub(crate) async fn receive_mention(client: Client) -> Result<MentionResponse, GementionError> {
     // TODO change to return MentionResponse or something like that.
-    let titan = match client.titan {
-        Some(ref titan) => titan,
-        _ => return "".to_string(),
-    };
-
+    let titan = MentionUpload::try_from(&client)?;
     let target = client.parameter("target").unwrap_or("not provided");
     let verified = verify(&target).await;
 
-    format!(
-        "Target: {}\nVerification status: {}\nSize: {}\nMime: {}\nContent: {}\nToken: {}",
-        target,
-        verified.to_string(),
-        titan.size,
-        titan.mime,
-        std::str::from_utf8(&titan.content).unwrap_or("[not utf8]"),
-        titan.token.as_deref().unwrap_or("[no token]"),
-    )
+    if let VerificationStatus::Verified { .. } = verified {
+        let mention = Mention::try_from(titan);
+        match mention {
+            Ok(mention) => println!("{:?}", mention),
+            Err(err) => println!("{}", err),
+        }
+    }
+
+    match verified {
+        VerificationStatus::Verified { endpoint, source } => {
+            Ok(MentionResponse::verified(&endpoint))
+        }
+        VerificationStatus::NotVerified(failure) => {
+            Ok(MentionResponse::failure(&failure.to_string()))
+        }
+    }
+
+    // format!(
+    //     "Target: {}\nVerification status: {}\nSize: {}\nMime: {}\nContent: {}\nToken: {}",
+    //     target,
+    //     verified.to_string(),
+    //     titan.size,
+    //     titan.mime,
+    //     std::str::from_utf8(&titan.content).unwrap_or("[not utf8]"),
+    //     titan.token.as_deref().unwrap_or("[no token]"),
+    // )
 }
 
 // Render comments gemtext by requesting comments for a page.
diff --git a/src/error.rs b/src/error.rs
index 959186e..3dbe3d3 100644
--- a/src/error.rs
+++ b/src/error.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 use std::str::Utf8Error;
 
+use async_trait::async_trait;
+use fluffer::GemBytes;
 use thiserror::Error;
 
 #[derive(Error, Debug)]
@@ -7,6 +9,15 @@ pub(crate) enum GementionError {
     #[error("No content found for target")]
     NoContentFoundForTarget,
 
+    #[error("Not a Titan resource")]
+    NotTitanResource,
+
+    #[error("Invalid body")]
+    InvalidBody,
+
+    #[error("Gemention Target not provided")]
+    TargetNotProvided,
+
     #[error("url parsing error: {0}")]
     UrlParsingError(#[from] url::ParseError),
 
@@ -16,3 +27,10 @@ pub(crate) enum GementionError {
     #[error("generic error: {0}")]
     UnclassifiedError(#[from] anyhow::Error),
 }
+
+#[async_trait]
+impl GemBytes for GementionError {
+    async fn gem_bytes(self) -> Vec<u8> {
+        format!("59 text/gemini\r\n{}", self).into_bytes()
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/models/mentions.rs b/src/models/mentions.rs
index 17d9c2c..13a94ff 100644
--- a/src/models/mentions.rs
+++ b/src/models/mentions.rs
@@ -1,15 +1,77 @@
 use async_trait::async_trait;
-use fluffer::GemBytes;
+use fluffer::{Client, GemBytes};
 use std::fmt::Display;
 
 use crate::error::GementionError;
+
+macro_rules! titan {
+    ($self:expr) => {
+        $self.client.titan.as_ref().unwrap()
+    };
+}
+
+/// Wraps an incoming Titan request and provides handy methods for
+/// extracting the expected information.
+pub(crate) struct MentionUpload<'a> {
+    client: &'a Client,
+}
+
+impl<'a> MentionUpload<'a> {
+    pub fn from_client(client: &'a Client) -> Result<MentionUpload, GementionError> {
+        if let Some(_) = client.titan {
+            Ok(Self { client: &client })
+        } else {
+            Err(GementionError::NotTitanResource)
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn content(&self) -> &[u8] {
+        titan!(self).content.as_slice()
+    }
+
+    pub fn mime(&self) -> &str {
+        titan!(self).mime.as_ref()
+    }
+
+    pub fn token(&self) -> Option<&str> {
+        titan!(self).token.as_deref()
+    }
+
+    pub fn size(&self) -> usize {
+        titan!(self).size
+    }
+
+    pub fn fingerprint(&self) -> Option<String> {
+        self.client.fingerprint()
+    }
+
+    pub fn username(&self) -> Option<String> {
+        self.client.name()
+    }
+
+    pub fn target(&self) -> Option<&str> {
+        self.client.parameter("target")
+    }
+}
+
+impl<'a> TryFrom<&'a Client> for MentionUpload<'a> {
+    type Error = GementionError;
+
+    fn try_from(client: &'a Client) -> Result<Self, Self::Error> {
+        MentionUpload::from_client(client)
+    }
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug)]
 pub(crate) enum MentionType {
     Reply,
     Like,
 }
 
+#[derive(Debug)]
 pub(crate) struct Mention {
     mention_type: MentionType,
+    target: String,
     user: String,
     content: Option<String>,
 }
@@ -19,19 +81,47 @@ pub(crate) struct Mention {
 // it'll accurately convert the stringi nto a proper mention.
 // Otherwise, it just assumes comment. An error is returned only if
 // input is not utf8.
-impl TryFrom<Vec<u8>> for Mention {
+impl TryFrom<&[u8]> for MentionType {
     type Error = GementionError;
 
-    fn try_from(content: Vec<u8>) -> Result<Self, Self::Error> {
+    fn try_from(content: &[u8]) -> Result<Self, Self::Error> {
         let content = std::str::from_utf8(&content)?;
-        Ok(Mention {
-            mention_type: MentionType::Reply,
-            user: "".to_string(),
-            content: None,
+        //TODO 1st line = type (reply, like, etc) rest = comment
+        // content. user should be yoinked from the incoming
+        // connection. so we cannot do from &[u8]
+        let content_type = content
+            .lines()
+            .next()
+            .map(|line| line.trim().to_lowercase());
+
+        Ok(match content_type {
+            Some(value) if value == "reply" => Self::Reply,
+            Some(value) if value == "like" => Self::Like,
+            _ => Self::Reply,
         })
     }
 }
 
+impl<'a> TryFrom<MentionUpload<'a>> for Mention {
+    type Error = GementionError;
+
+    fn try_from(resource: MentionUpload<'a>) -> Result<Self, Self::Error> {
+        if resource.mime() == "text/plain" {
+            let mention_type = MentionType::try_from(resource.content())?;
+            let target = resource.target().ok_or(GementionError::TargetNotProvided)?;
+
+            Ok(Mention {
+                mention_type,
+                target: target.to_owned(),
+                user: "".to_string(),
+                content: None,
+            })
+        } else {
+            Err(GementionError::InvalidBody)
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 impl Display for MentionType {
     fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
         match self {
@@ -54,3 +144,34 @@ impl GemBytes for Mention {
         format!("20 text/gemini\r\n{}\n\n{}", headline, content).into_bytes()
     }
 }
+
+pub(crate) struct MentionResponse {
+    status: String,
+}
+
+impl MentionResponse {
+    pub fn not_titan() -> MentionResponse {
+        Self {
+            status: "not a titan request".to_string(),
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn verified(url: &str) -> MentionResponse {
+        Self {
+            status: format!("verified: {}", url),
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn failure(reason: &str) -> MentionResponse {
+        Self {
+            status: format!("invalid: {}", reason),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+#[async_trait]
+impl GemBytes for MentionResponse {
+    async fn gem_bytes(self) -> Vec<u8> {
+        format!("20 text/gemini\r\n{}", self.status).into_bytes()
+    }
+}