diff --git a/go/seatlist/seatlist.go b/go/seatlist/seatlist.go
index e18878e..70835ea 100644
--- a/go/seatlist/seatlist.go
+++ b/go/seatlist/seatlist.go
@@ -383,7 +383,7 @@ func (r *Reader) changed() {
 // (every definition, its source and digest) and what it waits for; and again, which makes it read the list now, and
 // answers only to the callers the host's list names (the operator and the healers). The host names the tools and the list;
 // again records nothing but the read it asked.
-func Tools(r *Reader, read, again string, callers stdio.Callers) []stdio.Tool {
+func Tools(r *Reader, read, again string, callers []string) []stdio.Tool {
 	return []stdio.Tool{
 		{Name: read,
 			Description: "The seat list this part holds (novox/hq ADR 0636): each seat's definition with its source (trunk or bootstrap) and " +
@@ -412,11 +412,12 @@ func Tools(r *Reader, read, again string, callers stdio.Callers) []stdio.Tool {
 	}
 }
 
-// Refusal is why caller may not make the reader read again, or nil: the caller's proof, never an argument, against the
-// list of the operator and the healers.
-func Refusal(tool string, callers stdio.Callers, caller string) error {
-	if callers.Allows(caller) {
-		return nil
+// Refusal is why caller may not make the reader read again, or nil: the caller's proof, never an argument, against
+// callers, the entries of a verb's list as VerbCallers reads them, so stdio.AnyPerson names every operator's session
+// the runtime proved (person.<name>) and a module name its instances (ADR 0636 §7).
+func Refusal(tool string, callers []string, caller string) error {
+	if err := (stdio.VerbCallers{tool: callers}).Allowed(tool, caller); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("%s is refused to %q: it answers only %s (novox/hq ADR 0636 §7)", tool, caller, strings.Join(callers, ", "))
 	}
-	return fmt.Errorf("%s is refused to %q: it answers only %s (novox/hq ADR 0636 §7)", tool, caller, strings.Join(callers, ", "))
+	return nil
 }
diff --git a/go/seatlist/seatlist_test.go b/go/seatlist/seatlist_test.go
index 0f87205..673c002 100644
--- a/go/seatlist/seatlist_test.go
+++ b/go/seatlist/seatlist_test.go
@@ -199,13 +199,13 @@ func TestTheTwoToolsReadTheHeldListAndReadItAgainForTheirCallers(t *testing.T) {
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
-	callers := stdio.Callers{"person.jo", "mesh-healers"}
+	callers := []string{stdio.AnyPerson, "mesh-healers"}
 	tools := Tools(r, "seat_list", "seat_list_again", callers)
 	out, err := tools[0].Run(map[string]any{})
 	if err != nil || out.(map[string]any)["health"] == "" || !strings.Contains(fmt.Sprint(out.(map[string]any)["status"]), "bootstrap") {
 		t.Fatalf("read: %v %v", out, err)
 	}
-	for caller, allowed := range map[string]bool{"person.jo": true, "ace.mesh-healers": true, "ace.mesh-other": false, "person.al": false, stdio.Unproven: false} {
+	for caller, allowed := range map[string]bool{"person.jo": true, "ace.mesh-healers": true, "ace.mesh-other": false, "person.al": true, stdio.Unproven: false} {
 		if err := Refusal("seat_list_again", callers, caller); (err == nil) != allowed {
 			t.Fatalf("%s: %v, allowed %v", caller, err, allowed)
 		}