diff --git a/crates/eureka-state/tests/mcp.rs b/crates/eureka-state/tests/mcp.rs
index f4b96d3..ef9b54a 100644
--- a/crates/eureka-state/tests/mcp.rs
+++ b/crates/eureka-state/tests/mcp.rs
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ fn the_persona_tools_round_trip_against_a_live_daemon() {
     assert!(!error);
     assert_eq!(nothing, Value::Null);
     let (_, whoami) = mcp.call("whoami", json!({}));
-    assert_eq!(whoami["status"]["persona"], Value::Null);
+    assert_eq!(whoami["status"]["persona"], json!("Absent"));
 
     let (error, committed) = mcp.call("persona_put", put(persona(INSTANCE, T1), None));
     assert!(!error);
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ fn the_persona_tools_round_trip_against_a_live_daemon() {
     assert_eq!(view["value"], persona(INSTANCE, T1));
     assert_eq!((view["updated_at"].as_str(), view["receipt_id"].as_str()), (Some(T1), Some(receipt.as_str())));
     let (_, whoami) = mcp.call("whoami", json!({}));
-    assert_eq!(whoami["status"]["persona"], json!(T1));
+    assert_eq!(whoami["status"]["persona"], json!({ "Stored": { "updated_at": T1 } }));
 
     let (error, stale) = mcp.call("persona_put", put(persona(INSTANCE, T2), None));
     assert!(!error, "a stale put is an answer");
diff --git a/crates/huginn-mind/src/persona.rs b/crates/huginn-mind/src/persona.rs
index 9c47518..f9c31fe 100644
--- a/crates/huginn-mind/src/persona.rs
+++ b/crates/huginn-mind/src/persona.rs
@@ -559,7 +559,9 @@ mod tests {
             store.plant(row);
             let mind = Mind::open_with(store, &yggdrasil).unwrap();
             assert_eq!(persona_in_status(&mind), status);
-            assert_eq!(mind.persona().is_err(), status == crate::wire::PersonaStatus::Unreadable);
+            if status == crate::wire::PersonaStatus::Unreadable {
+                assert!(matches!(mind.persona(), Err(MindRefusal::Unavailable { .. })), "the door answers what the status says");
+            }
         }
         assert_eq!(persona_in_status(&seeded_over(&MemoryStore::new())), crate::wire::PersonaStatus::Absent);
     }