diff --git a/contracts/seats/mesh-wants/seat.json b/contracts/seats/mesh-wants/seat.json
index f149808c..e0564718 100644
--- a/contracts/seats/mesh-wants/seat.json
+++ b/contracts/seats/mesh-wants/seat.json
@@ -305,7 +305,8 @@
       "name": "wanted",
       "subject": "wanted.<node>.<module>",
       "keep": {
-        "last-per-subject": true
+        "last-per-subject": true,
+        "max-age-days": 0
       },
       "body": {
         "type": "object",
diff --git a/modules/mesh-grants/internal/grants/wantedkeep_test.go b/modules/mesh-grants/internal/grants/wantedkeep_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e8356bbe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/mesh-grants/internal/grants/wantedkeep_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+package grants
+
+import (
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"testing"
+
+	"git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go/seatdef"
+)
+
+// Design 47 G A-114 (§693, A-61): the seat mesh-wants' `wanted` stream keeps the last message of each subject with no age
+// limit, so each want's last word is read whole at a start.
+func TestWantedKeepsEachWantsLastWordWithNoAgeLimit(t *testing.T) {
+	raw, err := os.ReadFile(filepath.Join("..", "..", "..", "..", "contracts", "seats", "mesh-wants", "seat.json"))
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	d, err := seatdef.Parse(raw)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	for _, e := range d.Events {
+		if e.Name != "wanted" {
+			continue
+		}
+		if !e.KeptLastPerSubject() || e.KeptAgeDays() != 0 {
+			t.Errorf("wanted keeps last-per-subject %v for %d days, want true and 0 (no age limit)", e.KeptLastPerSubject(), e.KeptAgeDays())
+		}
+		return
+	}
+	t.Fatal("the seat mesh-wants has no event wanted")
+}