diff --git a/crates/mind-body/src/persona/tests.rs b/crates/mind-body/src/persona/tests.rs
index f505d5a..a6a82d0 100644
--- a/crates/mind-body/src/persona/tests.rs
+++ b/crates/mind-body/src/persona/tests.rs
@@ -4674,7 +4674,7 @@ fn polls_inside_the_interval_ask_nothing() {
 /// A read that fails keeps the cursor: the next one asks the same `after`, and nothing is lost or told twice. Her chat goes on.
 #[test]
 fn a_failed_activity_read_keeps_the_cursor() {
-    let rig = stewarding_rig(4);
+    let rig = stewarding_rig(8);
     let push = event(150, "GameCult/Huginn", "nibu", RepoChange::Pushed { commits: 1 });
     let forged = Forged::over(&rig.mind, vec![activity(100, vec![]), None, activity(150, vec![push])]);
     let lines = live_session(&rig, &forged, PAST_THE_REPO_READ_MS, true, 4);
@@ -4689,7 +4689,7 @@ fn a_failed_activity_read_keeps_the_cursor() {
 /// by a later read that tells nothing of what it finds (that passed unread, and shows on the next first line).
 #[test]
 fn a_failed_first_read_does_not_fail_the_session() {
-    let rig = stewarding_rig(3);
+    let rig = stewarding_rig(8);
     let passed = vec![event(60, "GameCult/Huginn", "nibu", RepoChange::Pushed { commits: 4 })];
     let forged = Forged::over(&rig.mind, vec![None, activity(70, passed), activity(80, vec![event(80, "GameCult/Huginn", "void", RepoChange::Pushed { commits: 1 })])]);
     let lines = live_session(&rig, &forged, PAST_THE_REPO_READ_MS, true, 4);
@@ -4705,7 +4705,7 @@ fn a_failed_first_read_does_not_fail_the_session() {
 #[test]
 fn a_first_line_shows_wear_after_her_responsibilities() {
     let rig = stewarding_rig(2);
-    let now = 1_700_000_000_000_u64;
+    let now = unix_ms(at(0));
     let pr = |number, author: &str, hours: u64| huginn_mind::OpenPr { repo: "GameCult/Huginn".into(), number, author: Short(author.into()), updated_at: now - hours * 3_600_000 };
     let read = RepoActivity {
         head: 100,
diff --git a/crates/mind-body/src/testkit.rs b/crates/mind-body/src/testkit.rs
index e28f508..306fa25 100644
--- a/crates/mind-body/src/testkit.rs
+++ b/crates/mind-body/src/testkit.rs
@@ -202,6 +202,11 @@ impl MindPort for TestMind {
         Ok(page)
     }
 
+    /// A forge with nothing new in it: the daemon with a healthy forge and a quiet org.
+    fn stewarded_activity(&self, _repos: &[huginn_mind::eureka_pipeline::OrgRepo], after: Option<u64>) -> Result<huginn_mind::RepoActivity> {
+        Ok(huginn_mind::RepoActivity { head: after.unwrap_or(0), events: vec![], more: false, open_prs: vec![], unseen: vec![] })
+    }
+
     fn admit(&self, agent: &str, session: &str, documents: Vec<PipelineDocument>) -> Result<PipelineAdmissionOutcome> {
         self.now.set(self.now.get() + Duration::seconds(1));
         let batch = PipelineAdmissionBatch {
diff --git a/crates/mind-body/tests/public_surface.txt b/crates/mind-body/tests/public_surface.txt
index 10488aa..acb6bc8 100644
--- a/crates/mind-body/tests/public_surface.txt
+++ b/crates/mind-body/tests/public_surface.txt
@@ -177,6 +177,7 @@ mind_body::persona: impl Sender
 mind_body::persona: impl Shown
 mind_body::persona: impl Trace for FileTrace
 mind_body::persona: impl Trace for Noted < '_ >
+mind_body::persona: impl WearFact
 mind_body::persona: impl fmt :: Display for Failure
 mind_body::persona: impl fmt :: Display for Outcome
 mind_body::persona: impl< C : ControlSource , S : ControlSource > PersonaInbox < '_ , C , S >
@@ -209,7 +210,7 @@ mind_body::queue: impl HuginnMind < 'static >
 mind_body::queue: impl HuginnMind < 'static >: fn new (client : HuginnClient) -> Self
 mind_body::queue: impl MindPort for HuginnMind < '_ >
 mind_body::queue: impl< 'a > HuginnMind < 'a >
-mind_body::queue: pub trait MindPort { fn instance (& self) -> & Slug ; fn query (& self , selection : & Selection) -> Result < PipelineSelectionPage > ; fn query_near (& self , _selection : & Selection , _text : & str , _top_k : u32) -> Result < PipelineSelectionPage > { bail ! ("this mind port has no semantic index") } fn admit (& self , agent : & str , session : & str , documents : Vec < PipelineDocument >) -> Result < PipelineAdmissionOutcome > ; }
+mind_body::queue: pub trait MindPort { fn instance (& self) -> & Slug ; fn query (& self , selection : & Selection) -> Result < PipelineSelectionPage > ; fn query_near (& self , _selection : & Selection , _text : & str , _top_k : u32) -> Result < PipelineSelectionPage > { bail ! ("this mind port has no semantic index") } fn stewarded_activity (& self , _repos : & [OrgRepo] , _after : Option < u64 >) -> Result < RepoActivity > { bail ! ("this mind port has no forge to read") } fn admit (& self , agent : & str , session : & str , documents : Vec < PipelineDocument >) -> Result < PipelineAdmissionOutcome > ; }
 mind_body::queue: struct Held # [derive (Clone , Debug , PartialEq , Eq)] pub-fields[]
 mind_body::queue: struct HuginnMind< 'a >  pub-fields[]
 mind_body::recall: impl Lane