There was no such thing as a wholly isolated concept. Within everything, there was a touch of everything else. Few people understood this as well as Freddy, who could simply look at something and see how it was connected to insanity. Naturally, he couldn't always decipher these connections, but it was like the difference between trying to read text by touching it in the dark and turning on the light—it made things a whole lot easier.Some of these concepts were useful. Some of them were not. Some connections were strong. Some weren't. Some he could use to empower his abilities. Others he couldn't. But at the end of the day, all of these concepts existed only within the context of insanity. If he wished to step outside it, he needed to rely on something else.This was usually where the blood coins came in. They gave him glimpses that were not only more useful but were even specifically tied to the way his abilities functioned.By using aura from broken Sanguine Avengers, he got numerous insights into how the sword killed things. But even then, these concepts could only be somewhat extrapolated to his other abilities. On top of that, with each new blood coin he consumed, he got fewer and fewer valuable insights.It was becoming increasingly apparent that if he wanted to make serious progress with meditation, he would have to stop relying on crutches and start relying on himself. There were things Freddy was good at, and there were things that he was bad at. Meditation was something he was okay at. He was slow and usually had no clue what the (...)