diff --git a/crates/gatewayd/tests/serve_answers.rs b/crates/gatewayd/tests/serve_answers.rs
index 0a343e7..eaacc17 100644
--- a/crates/gatewayd/tests/serve_answers.rs
+++ b/crates/gatewayd/tests/serve_answers.rs
@@ -105,10 +105,13 @@ impl Stage {
             .posted(&post(&id('c', n), user, DM, root, text, at), "D");
     }
 
-    /// The text posted in the thread after the approval, within five seconds.
-    fn replies(&self, after: usize) -> Vec<String> {
-        let posts = self.mm.wait_posts(after + 1, WAIT);
-        posts[after..].iter().map(|(_, _, t)| t.clone()).collect()
+    /// The first `count` posts after the first `after`, waiting up to five seconds for all of them.
+    fn replies(&self, after: usize, count: usize) -> Vec<String> {
+        let posts = self.mm.wait_posts(after + count, WAIT);
+        posts[after..after + count]
+            .iter()
+            .map(|(_, _, t)| t.clone())
+            .collect()
     }
 }
 
@@ -193,7 +196,7 @@ fn nobody_else_and_nothing_else_answers_it() {
     s.command(4, KYLE, &root, "!approve 7", 7);
     s.command(5, KYLE, &root, "!approve 42 please", 8);
     assert_eq!(
-        s.replies(1)[..5],
+        s.replies(1, 5),
         [
             NOT_APPROVER.to_string(),
             "approval 42 is answered in its own thread".to_string(),