The nightmare realm had a great potential, this was undeniable and he wasn't dumb enough to ignore that, of course.
The ways in which he could make use of the nightmare realm to facilitate his goals were endless in a very real sense. It was already midnight when he finished his contemplations, so he decided to sleep, tomorrow he was going to visit an old friend.
Back in the real world Aldrich spent his day normally, he had only one class in the morning and so he had some free time on his hands and he decided to meet up with Frank and they chatted over breakfast.
In this conversation he learned from Frank that he was actually about to become a Crestmaster but he was intentionally suppressing the ignition of his symbol.
He bragged that not many people had the opportunity to do so since most of the time people would get overwhelmed by the feeling of ignition.
