Found a House and raise a bloodline in a living sea. Now the day is your turn: the water runs, and at dusk it stops dead so you can read what happened, count the stores and decide what comes next. Nothing is asked of you while the water is moving. Food is a store you fill and can run out of. Influence is earned by what your House does, not by waiting. Take as long as you like at the Council — the sea will wait.