actually, I got a better idea. instead of:
$ ree_hypno_sub += 1
if ree_at != "Engaged" and ree_at != "Friendly" or ree_at != "Friendly" and ree_at != "Engaged":
$ ree_at = "Trusted"
I'll change it to:
if ree_at == "Engaged" or ree_at == "Friendly" :
$ ree_hypno_sub += 1
else:
$ ree_at = "Trusted"
$ ree_hypno_sub += 1
This is much cleaner. Though I learned something about python trying this. Apparently indentation matters in python just like it does in GDscript. So don't just copy paste what I typed out verbatim if you decide to use that. I miss the programming languages where I didn't have to pay attention to that... constantly mixing tab and spacebar.