It isn't the darkness, and i don't think it's blindness either. It's not that it's hard to see, the fog just isn't lifting at all aside from from the weird strip of map that it gave me as soon as i went down there.

Whenever i get around to wanting to waste some time with the skill or just get bored, i might wander back down there and see if i can get it to lift. As you said though it doesn't really matter much since i have already killed him and taken the boots. But it spiked my curiosity. It will bother me a bit if i don't figure it out but i don't care to the point that i will lose any sleep over it.

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