Perkin knew the old man had power; he could see it in his eyes. And when the old man had asked him to follow him, Perkin hadn't hesitated, although he wasn't as sure about this as he had been when he'd left. But he was here now, and nothing was going to stop him from going through with this.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at http://www.athas.org/articles/initiation