And again: the structure of this! The way the fourth one is prose poetry, getting high versus riding the Stream. And, considering what deelaundry said, I wouldn't be surprised that the Stream is addictive, and that's why the last section isn't as human-romantic as mine. Rather, it is House/Stream romantic, which has its own beauty, because I bet he's a genius (better-than-anyone-else) at manipulating the information. And the worldbuilding that's there, right from the very first section, and your use of colours! I could read this novel, I really could.

At this point I have absolutely no idea who you are, but I shall guess kass_rachel and risk being wrong.