This game is a surprise
It takes a little bit (at first, at least) but the sealevel is actually going down permanently, so you're building down instead of up. And things get... balancy... 
The numbers don't decide, the system is a lie. The river running dry, the wings of butterflies.
And you may pour us away like soup. Like we're pretty broken flowers.
We'll take back what is ours. One day at a time.