diff --git a/modules/mesh-delivery-checker/cmd/mesh-delivery-checker-tools/main_test.go b/modules/mesh-delivery-checker/cmd/mesh-delivery-checker-tools/main_test.go
index 34315b6..1d77fdc 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-delivery-checker/cmd/mesh-delivery-checker-tools/main_test.go
+++ b/modules/mesh-delivery-checker/cmd/mesh-delivery-checker-tools/main_test.go
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ package main
 import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"errors"
-	"reflect"
 	"slices"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
@@ -81,6 +80,24 @@ func TestTheTryToolsAskAndReadATry(t *testing.T) { // ADR 0501 §5, the agreed i
 	if err != nil || !strings.Contains(string(raw.(json.RawMessage)), `"state":"queued"`) {
 		t.Errorf("read = %s, %v", raw, err)
 	}
+	// The seat's verbs answer as the tools do (ADR 0547 §10, issue 774): the same ask is the same try, and the read is alike.
+	verbs := SeatTryTools(Trying{Tries: store, Ender: store, Now: func() time.Time { return time.Unix(1, 5) },
+		Trunks: func() (map[string]string, error) {
+			return map[string]string{"novox/mesh-delivery": strings.Repeat("a", 40)}, nil
+		}})
+	if len(verbs) != 3 || verbs[0].Name != Seat+".try" || verbs[1].Name != Seat+".try-read" || verbs[2].Name != Seat+".try-end" {
+		t.Fatalf("verbs = %+v", verbs)
+	}
+	again, err := verbs[0].Run(map[string]any{"repository": "novox/mesh-delivery", "head": strings.Repeat("1", 40), "trunk": "main"})
+	if err != nil || again.(map[string]any)["id"] != id {
+		t.Errorf("verb try = %v, %v, want the waiting try %s", again, err, id)
+	}
+	if viaVerb, err := verbs[1].Run(map[string]any{"id": id}); err != nil || string(viaVerb.(json.RawMessage)) != string(raw.(json.RawMessage)) {
+		t.Errorf("verb try-read = %s, %v; tool = %s", viaVerb, err, raw)
+	}
+	if _, err := verbs[0].Run(map[string]any{"repository": "novox/hq", "head": strings.Repeat("1", 40)}); err == nil {
+		t.Error("the verb tried a repository nothing checks")
+	}
 	// Issue 734: a try whose ask was lost is ended by hand with why, and its head is asked anew.
 	ended, err := tools[2].Run(map[string]any{"id": id, "why": "its ask was lost"})
 	if err != nil || ended.(map[string]any)["state"] != "error" {
@@ -94,40 +111,3 @@ func TestTheTryToolsAskAndReadATry(t *testing.T) { // ADR 0501 §5, the agreed i
 		t.Errorf("hq: %v", err)
 	}
 }
-
-// The seat's verbs answer as the tools do (ADR 0547 §10, issue 774): the same ask gives the same try, read and ended alike.
-func TestTheSeatVerbsAnswerLikeTheTools(t *testing.T) {
-	store := &memStore{vals: map[string]json.RawMessage{}}
-	tr := Trying{Tries: store, Ender: store, Now: func() time.Time { return time.Unix(1, 5) },
-		Trunks: func() (map[string]string, error) {
-			return map[string]string{"novox/mesh-delivery": strings.Repeat("a", 40)}, nil
-		}}
-	tools, verbs := TryTools(tr), SeatTryTools(tr)
-	if len(verbs) != len(tools) {
-		t.Fatalf("%d verbs for %d tools", len(verbs), len(tools))
-	}
-	for i, want := range []string{"try", "try-read", "try-end"} {
-		if verbs[i].Name != Seat+"."+want {
-			t.Errorf("verb %d = %s", i, verbs[i].Name)
-		}
-	}
-	ask := map[string]any{"repository": "novox/mesh-delivery", "head": strings.Repeat("1", 40), "trunk": "main"}
-	a, err := tools[0].Run(ask)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatal(err)
-	}
-	b, err := verbs[0].Run(ask) // a second ask of a head that waits is the first's answer
-	if err != nil || !reflect.DeepEqual(a, b) {
-		t.Errorf("verb try = %v, %v; tool = %v", b, err, a)
-	}
-	id := a.(map[string]any)["id"].(string)
-	ra, _ := tools[1].Run(map[string]any{"id": id})
-	rb, err := verbs[1].Run(map[string]any{"id": id})
-	if err != nil || !reflect.DeepEqual(ra, rb) {
-		t.Errorf("verb try-read = %v, %v; tool = %v", rb, err, ra)
-	}
-	if _, err := verbs[0].Run(map[string]any{"repository": "novox/hq", "head": strings.Repeat("1", 40)}); err == nil ||
-		err.Error() != "no level of novox/hq is checked by the checker" {
-		t.Errorf("hq: %v", err)
-	}
-}
diff --git a/modules/mesh-delivery-checker/go.mod b/modules/mesh-delivery-checker/go.mod
index 91ad8cd..2cecb65 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-delivery-checker/go.mod
+++ b/modules/mesh-delivery-checker/go.mod
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ module mesh-delivery-checker
 go 1.26.0
 
 require (
-	git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261027214944-9fdd33b03edc
+	git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261027220038-a5d0e6420060
 	github.com/nats-io/nats-server/v2 v2.11.17
 	github.com/nats-io/nats.go v1.54.0
 )
diff --git a/modules/mesh-delivery-checker/go.sum b/modules/mesh-delivery-checker/go.sum
index 03a9f24..6bc04df 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-delivery-checker/go.sum
+++ b/modules/mesh-delivery-checker/go.sum
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261027214944-9fdd33b03edc h1:3/wLzFyz4vJvt2TqDNGvLt7X9gF6JVBBPSS8l6+z6Zs=
-git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261027214944-9fdd33b03edc/go.mod h1:ouERNpZizzwZ0HLEtAypsY9FR20FyUgUYRni6J7kVCY=
+git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261027220038-a5d0e6420060 h1:DM3eFlsxGKObICNqWoT5TAdR28a6x2c0JjMeef4FRSc=
+git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261027220038-a5d0e6420060/go.mod h1:ouERNpZizzwZ0HLEtAypsY9FR20FyUgUYRni6J7kVCY=
 github.com/antithesishq/antithesis-sdk-go v0.7.0-default-no-op h1:Z/MZK75wC/NSrkgqeNIa7jexam9uWzhLmFTSCPI/kn0=
 github.com/antithesishq/antithesis-sdk-go v0.7.0-default-no-op/go.mod h1:FQyySiasQQM8735Ddel3MRojmy4dA1IqCeyJ5jmPMbI=
 github.com/google/go-tpm v0.9.8 h1:slArAR9Ft+1ybZu0lBwpSmpwhRXaa85hWtMinMyRAWo=