1. Abridged Problem Statement
Given a deterministic finite automaton (DFA) with a special non-absorbing–edge feature, count how many strings of length N it accepts.
• Alphabet Σ: distinct lowercase letters.
• States U = {1,…,K}, initial state S, terminal states T.
• Transition φ: U×Σ→U, absorption flag χ: U×Σ→{0,1}.
  – If χ(u,c)=0, reading c moves to φ(u,c) and consumes c.
  – If χ(u,c)=1, reading c moves to φ(u,c) but does not consume c (non-absorbing).
A string is accepted if, after finitely many steps, the input is empty and the machine is in a terminal state. Compute the number of accepted strings of length exactly N. N≤60, K≤1000.

2. Detailed Editorial
Understanding the non-absorbing edges makes naive simulation tricky: one character might traverse several states before being consumed, or even loop forever (if you can cycle with χ=1). To count length-N strings:

Step 1 – Precompute “effective” absorbing source for each (state u, letter c).
  • Define trans[u][c] = the state v where the character c is finally consumed, or –1 if you cycle infinitely without consuming c.
  • You can find trans[u][c] by DFS:
    – If χ(u,c)=0, then trans[u][c]=u.
    – Otherwise, mark trans[u][c]=–1 (in-progress), recurse on v=φ(u,c), then inherit trans[v][c].
    – If you ever revisit a (u,c) already marked –1, it stays –1 (infinite loop).

Step 2 – Dynamic Programming over lengths.
  Let dp[i][u] = number of ways to be in state u after consuming exactly i characters.
  Initialize dp[0][S]=1. For i from 0 to N–1, for each state u, for each letter c:
    • If trans[u][c]==–1 skip (no consumption possible).
    • Let a=trans[u][c]; the character is finally consumed by the edge (a,c), moving to v=φ(a,c).
    • Then dp[i+1][v] += dp[i][u].
  At the end, sum dp[N][t] over terminal states t.

Why correct? This DP precisely counts all ways to pick N characters (strings of length N), accounting for the hidden non-absorbing traversals by “collapsing” them into a single effective transition. Complexity O(N·K·|Σ|). The result can be huge (up to |Σ|^N), so it is accumulated with big integers.

The reference implementation precomputes next_state[u][c] = φ(trans[u][c], c) for every absorbing pair, then runs the DP with two rolling layers (cur, nxt) plus active-state lists so only states with nonzero counts are touched each step.

3. C++ Solution
```cpp
#include <bits/stdc++.h>

using namespace std;

template<typename T1, typename T2>
ostream& operator<<(ostream& out, const pair<T1, T2>& x) {
    return out << x.first << ' ' << x.second;
}

template<typename T1, typename T2>
istream& operator>>(istream& in, pair<T1, T2>& x) {
    return in >> x.first >> x.second;
}

template<typename T>
istream& operator>>(istream& in, vector<T>& a) {
    for(auto& x: a) {
        in >> x;
    }
    return in;
};

template<typename T>
ostream& operator<<(ostream& out, const vector<T>& a) {
    for(auto x: a) {
        out << x << ' ';
    }
    return out;
};

// base and base_digits must be consistent
const int base = 1000000000;
const int base_digits = 9;

struct bigint {
    vector<int> z;
    int sign;

    bigint() : sign(1) {}

    bigint(long long v) { *this = v; }

    bigint(const string& s) { read(s); }

    void operator=(const bigint& v) {
        sign = v.sign;
        z = v.z;
    }

    void operator=(long long v) {
        sign = 1;
        if(v < 0) {
            sign = -1, v = -v;
        }
        z.clear();
        for(; v > 0; v = v / base) {
            z.push_back(v % base);
        }
    }

    bigint operator+(const bigint& v) const {
        bigint res = *this;
        res += v;
        return res;
    }

    bigint operator-(const bigint& v) const {
        if(sign == v.sign) {
            if(abs() >= v.abs()) {
                bigint res = *this;
                for(int i = 0, carry = 0; i < (int)v.z.size() || carry; ++i) {
                    res.z[i] -= carry + (i < (int)v.z.size() ? v.z[i] : 0);
                    carry = res.z[i] < 0;
                    if(carry) {
                        res.z[i] += base;
                    }
                }
                res.trim();
                return res;
            }
            return -(v - *this);
        }
        return *this + (-v);
    }

    bigint& operator+=(const bigint& v) {
        if(sign == v.sign) {
            int carry = 0;
            if(z.size() < v.z.size()) {
                z.resize(v.z.size(), 0);
            }
            for(size_t i = 0; i < max(z.size(), v.z.size()) || carry; ++i) {
                if(i == z.size()) {
                    z.push_back(0);
                }
                long long cur = z[i] + carry + (i < v.z.size() ? v.z[i] : 0LL);
                carry = cur >= base;
                if(carry) {
                    cur -= base;
                }
                z[i] = (int)cur;
            }
            return *this;
        }
        return *this -= (-v);
    }

    void operator*=(int v) {
        if(v < 0) {
            sign = -sign, v = -v;
        }
        for(int i = 0, carry = 0; i < (int)z.size() || carry; ++i) {
            if(i == (int)z.size()) {
                z.push_back(0);
            }
            long long cur = z[i] * (long long)v + carry;
            carry = (int)(cur / base);
            z[i] = (int)(cur % base);
        }
        trim();
    }

    bigint operator*(int v) const {
        bigint res = *this;
        res *= v;
        return res;
    }

    friend pair<bigint, bigint> divmod(const bigint& a1, const bigint& b1) {
        int norm = base / (b1.z.back() + 1);
        bigint a = a1.abs() * norm;
        bigint b = b1.abs() * norm;
        bigint q, r;
        q.z.resize(a.z.size());

        for(int i = a.z.size() - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
            r *= base;
            r += a.z[i];
            int s1 = b.z.size() < r.z.size() ? r.z[b.z.size()] : 0;
            int s2 = b.z.size() - 1 < r.z.size() ? r.z[b.z.size() - 1] : 0;
            int d = ((long long)s1 * base + s2) / b.z.back();
            r -= b * d;
            while(r < 0) {
                r += b, --d;
            }
            q.z[i] = d;
        }

        q.sign = a1.sign * b1.sign;
        r.sign = a1.sign;
        q.trim();
        r.trim();
        return make_pair(q, r / norm);
    }

    friend bigint sqrt(const bigint& a1) {
        bigint a = a1;
        while(a.z.empty() || a.z.size() % 2 == 1) {
            a.z.push_back(0);
        }

        int n = a.z.size();

        int firstDigit = (int)sqrt((double)a.z[n - 1] * base + a.z[n - 2]);
        int norm = base / (firstDigit + 1);
        a *= norm;
        a *= norm;
        while(a.z.empty() || a.z.size() % 2 == 1) {
            a.z.push_back(0);
        }

        bigint r = (long long)a.z[n - 1] * base + a.z[n - 2];
        firstDigit = (int)sqrt((double)a.z[n - 1] * base + a.z[n - 2]);
        int q = firstDigit;
        bigint res;

        for(int j = n / 2 - 1; j >= 0; j--) {
            for(;; --q) {
                bigint r1 =
                    (r - (res * 2 * base + q) * q) * base * base +
                    (j > 0 ? (long long)a.z[2 * j - 1] * base + a.z[2 * j - 2]
                           : 0);
                if(r1 >= 0) {
                    r = r1;
                    break;
                }
            }
            res *= base;
            res += q;

            if(j > 0) {
                int d1 =
                    res.z.size() + 2 < r.z.size() ? r.z[res.z.size() + 2] : 0;
                int d2 =
                    res.z.size() + 1 < r.z.size() ? r.z[res.z.size() + 1] : 0;
                int d3 = res.z.size() < r.z.size() ? r.z[res.z.size()] : 0;
                q = ((long long)d1 * base * base + (long long)d2 * base + d3) /
                    (firstDigit * 2);
            }
        }

        res.trim();
        return res / norm;
    }

    bigint operator/(const bigint& v) const { return divmod(*this, v).first; }

    bigint operator%(const bigint& v) const { return divmod(*this, v).second; }

    void operator/=(int v) {
        if(v < 0) {
            sign = -sign, v = -v;
        }
        for(int i = (int)z.size() - 1, rem = 0; i >= 0; --i) {
            long long cur = z[i] + rem * (long long)base;
            z[i] = (int)(cur / v);
            rem = (int)(cur % v);
        }
        trim();
    }

    bigint operator/(int v) const {
        bigint res = *this;
        res /= v;
        return res;
    }

    int operator%(int v) const {
        if(v < 0) {
            v = -v;
        }
        int m = 0;
        for(int i = z.size() - 1; i >= 0; --i) {
            m = (z[i] + m * (long long)base) % v;
        }
        return m * sign;
    }

    bigint& operator-=(const bigint& v) {
        *this = *this - v;
        return *this;
    }
    bigint& operator*=(const bigint& v) {
        *this = *this * v;
        return *this;
    }
    bigint& operator/=(const bigint& v) {
        *this = *this / v;
        return *this;
    }

    bool operator<(const bigint& v) const {
        if(sign != v.sign) {
            return sign < v.sign;
        }
        if(z.size() != v.z.size()) {
            return z.size() * sign < v.z.size() * v.sign;
        }
        for(int i = z.size() - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
            if(z[i] != v.z[i]) {
                return z[i] * sign < v.z[i] * sign;
            }
        }
        return false;
    }

    bool operator>(const bigint& v) const { return v < *this; }
    bool operator<=(const bigint& v) const { return !(v < *this); }
    bool operator>=(const bigint& v) const { return !(*this < v); }
    bool operator==(const bigint& v) const {
        return !(*this < v) && !(v < *this);
    }
    bool operator!=(const bigint& v) const { return *this < v || v < *this; }

    void trim() {
        while(!z.empty() && z.back() == 0) {
            z.pop_back();
        }
        if(z.empty()) {
            sign = 1;
        }
    }

    bool isZero() const { return z.empty() || (z.size() == 1 && !z[0]); }

    bigint operator-() const {
        bigint res = *this;
        res.sign = -sign;
        return res;
    }

    bigint abs() const {
        bigint res = *this;
        res.sign *= res.sign;
        return res;
    }

    long long longValue() const {
        long long res = 0;
        for(int i = z.size() - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
            res = res * base + z[i];
        }
        return res * sign;
    }

    friend bigint gcd(const bigint& a, const bigint& b) {
        return b.isZero() ? a : gcd(b, a % b);
    }
    friend bigint lcm(const bigint& a, const bigint& b) {
        return a / gcd(a, b) * b;
    }

    void read(const string& s) {
        sign = 1;
        z.clear();
        int pos = 0;
        while(pos < (int)s.size() && (s[pos] == '-' || s[pos] == '+')) {
            if(s[pos] == '-') {
                sign = -sign;
            }
            ++pos;
        }
        for(int i = s.size() - 1; i >= pos; i -= base_digits) {
            int x = 0;
            for(int j = max(pos, i - base_digits + 1); j <= i; j++) {
                x = x * 10 + s[j] - '0';
            }
            z.push_back(x);
        }
        trim();
    }

    friend istream& operator>>(istream& stream, bigint& v) {
        string s;
        stream >> s;
        v.read(s);
        return stream;
    }

    friend ostream& operator<<(ostream& stream, const bigint& v) {
        if(v.sign == -1) {
            stream << '-';
        }
        stream << (v.z.empty() ? 0 : v.z.back());
        for(int i = (int)v.z.size() - 2; i >= 0; --i) {
            stream << setw(base_digits) << setfill('0') << v.z[i];
        }
        return stream;
    }

    static vector<int> convert_base(
        const vector<int>& a, int old_digits, int new_digits
    ) {
        vector<long long> p(max(old_digits, new_digits) + 1);
        p[0] = 1;
        for(int i = 1; i < (int)p.size(); i++) {
            p[i] = p[i - 1] * 10;
        }
        vector<int> res;
        long long cur = 0;
        int cur_digits = 0;
        for(int i = 0; i < (int)a.size(); i++) {
            cur += a[i] * p[cur_digits];
            cur_digits += old_digits;
            while(cur_digits >= new_digits) {
                res.push_back(int(cur % p[new_digits]));
                cur /= p[new_digits];
                cur_digits -= new_digits;
            }
        }
        res.push_back((int)cur);
        while(!res.empty() && res.back() == 0) {
            res.pop_back();
        }
        return res;
    }

    typedef vector<long long> vll;

    static vll karatsubaMultiply(const vll& a, const vll& b) {
        int n = a.size();
        vll res(n + n);
        if(n <= 32) {
            for(int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
                for(int j = 0; j < n; j++) {
                    res[i + j] += a[i] * b[j];
                }
            }
            return res;
        }

        int k = n >> 1;
        vll a1(a.begin(), a.begin() + k);
        vll a2(a.begin() + k, a.end());
        vll b1(b.begin(), b.begin() + k);
        vll b2(b.begin() + k, b.end());

        vll a1b1 = karatsubaMultiply(a1, b1);
        vll a2b2 = karatsubaMultiply(a2, b2);

        for(int i = 0; i < k; i++) {
            a2[i] += a1[i];
        }
        for(int i = 0; i < k; i++) {
            b2[i] += b1[i];
        }

        vll r = karatsubaMultiply(a2, b2);
        for(int i = 0; i < (int)a1b1.size(); i++) {
            r[i] -= a1b1[i];
        }
        for(int i = 0; i < (int)a2b2.size(); i++) {
            r[i] -= a2b2[i];
        }

        for(int i = 0; i < (int)r.size(); i++) {
            res[i + k] += r[i];
        }
        for(int i = 0; i < (int)a1b1.size(); i++) {
            res[i] += a1b1[i];
        }
        for(int i = 0; i < (int)a2b2.size(); i++) {
            res[i + n] += a2b2[i];
        }
        return res;
    }

    bigint operator*(const bigint& v) const {
        vector<int> a6 = convert_base(this->z, base_digits, 6);
        vector<int> b6 = convert_base(v.z, base_digits, 6);
        vll a(a6.begin(), a6.end());
        vll b(b6.begin(), b6.end());
        while(a.size() < b.size()) {
            a.push_back(0);
        }
        while(b.size() < a.size()) {
            b.push_back(0);
        }
        while(a.size() & (a.size() - 1)) {
            a.push_back(0), b.push_back(0);
        }
        vll c = karatsubaMultiply(a, b);
        bigint res;
        res.sign = sign * v.sign;
        for(int i = 0, carry = 0; i < (int)c.size(); i++) {
            long long cur = c[i] + carry;
            res.z.push_back((int)(cur % 1000000));
            carry = (int)(cur / 1000000);
        }
        res.z = convert_base(res.z, 6, base_digits);
        res.trim();
        return res;
    }

    void reset() {
        z.assign(1, 0);
        sign = 1;
    }
};

string alphabet;
int alphabet_size;
int k;
int initial_state;
vector<int> terminal_states;
vector<vector<int>> phi;
vector<vector<int>> chi;
int n;

void read() {
    cin >> alphabet;
    alphabet_size = alphabet.size();

    cin >> k;
    cin >> initial_state;
    initial_state--;

    int num_terminal;
    cin >> num_terminal;

    terminal_states.resize(num_terminal);
    for(int i = 0; i < num_terminal; i++) {
        cin >> terminal_states[i];
        terminal_states[i]--;
    }

    phi.assign(k, vector<int>(alphabet_size));
    for(int i = 0; i < k; i++) {
        for(int j = 0; j < alphabet_size; j++) {
            cin >> phi[i][j];
            phi[i][j]--;
        }
    }

    chi.assign(k, vector<int>(alphabet_size));
    for(int i = 0; i < k; i++) {
        for(int j = 0; j < alphabet_size; j++) {
            cin >> chi[i][j];
        }
    }

    cin >> n;
}

void solve() {
    // - A non-absorbing edge (chi = 1) keeps the current character and moves
    // on,
    //   so for every (state, char) we resolve the chain of non-absorbing edges
    //   to the first state where the character is actually consumed.
    //   trans[s][c] stores that absorbing state, with -1 marking a
    //   non-absorbing cycle (the char can never be consumed from there) and -2
    //   meaning not yet computed. A DFS along phi[.][c] fills trans, painting
    //   -1 while in progress to catch cycles.
    //
    // - dp[i][state] counts length-i prefixes that leave the automaton in
    //   state. From dp[length][cur], each character c first slides to its
    //   absorbing state, then consumes one symbol via phi, contributing to
    //   dp[length + 1][phi[absorbing][c]]; cycle edges (-1) are skipped.
    //
    // - The answer sums dp[n][.] over the terminal states. Counts reach
    //   alphabet_size^n, so they are accumulated as big integers.

    vector<vector<int>> trans(k, vector<int>(alphabet_size, -2));

    function<void(int, int)> dfs = [&](int state, int ch) {
        if(chi[state][ch] == 0) {
            trans[state][ch] = state;
            return;
        }

        if(trans[state][ch] != -2) {
            return;
        }

        trans[state][ch] = -1;

        int next_state = phi[state][ch];
        dfs(next_state, ch);
        trans[state][ch] = trans[next_state][ch];
    };

    for(int state = 0; state < k; state++) {
        for(int ch = 0; ch < alphabet_size; ch++) {
            if(trans[state][ch] == -2) {
                dfs(state, ch);
            }
        }
    }

    vector<vector<int>> next_state(k, vector<int>(alphabet_size, -1));
    for(int state = 0; state < k; state++) {
        for(int ch = 0; ch < alphabet_size; ch++) {
            if(trans[state][ch] >= 0) {
                next_state[state][ch] = phi[trans[state][ch]][ch];
            }
        }
    }

    vector<bigint> cur(k), nxt(k);
    vector<char> in_cur(k, 0), in_nxt(k, 0);
    vector<int> list_cur, list_nxt;

    cur[initial_state] = bigint(1);
    in_cur[initial_state] = 1;
    list_cur.push_back(initial_state);

    for(int length = 0; length < n; length++) {
        for(int current_state: list_cur) {
            const bigint& ways = cur[current_state];
            if(ways.isZero()) {
                continue;
            }

            for(int ch = 0; ch < alphabet_size; ch++) {
                int to = next_state[current_state][ch];
                if(to < 0) {
                    continue;
                }
                if(!in_nxt[to]) {
                    in_nxt[to] = 1;
                    nxt[to].reset();
                    list_nxt.push_back(to);
                }
                nxt[to] += ways;
            }

            cur[current_state].reset();
            in_cur[current_state] = 0;
        }

        list_cur.swap(list_nxt);
        list_nxt.clear();
        swap(cur, nxt);
        swap(in_cur, in_nxt);
    }

    bigint result;
    for(int terminal_state: terminal_states) {
        result += cur[terminal_state];
    }

    cout << result << '\n';
}

int main() {
    ios_base::sync_with_stdio(false);
    cin.tie(nullptr);

    int T = 1;
    // cin >> T;
    for(int test = 1; test <= T; test++) {
        read();
        // cout << "Case #" << test << ": ";
        solve();
    }

    return 0;
}
```

4. Python Solution with Detailed Comments
```python
import sys
sys.setrecursionlimit(10**7)

def read_ints():
    return list(map(int, sys.stdin.readline().split()))

def main():
    # Read alphabet and map each char to an index 0..σ-1
    alphabet = sys.stdin.readline().strip()
    sigma = {ch:i for i,ch in enumerate(alphabet)}
    m = len(alphabet)

    # Read number of states K
    K = int(sys.stdin.readline())
    data = read_ints()
    S = data[0] - 1                # initial state (0-based)
    L = data[1]                    # number of terminal states
    terminals = [x-1 for x in data[2:2+L]]

    # Read φ table: K rows of m integers
    phi = [None]*K
    for u in range(K):
        row = read_ints()
        phi[u] = [x-1 for x in row]

    # Read χ table: K rows of m integers
    chi = [None]*K
    for u in range(K):
        chi[u] = read_ints()

    # Read N: desired length of strings
    N = int(sys.stdin.readline())

    # Precompute effective transitions:
    # trans[u][c] = state where c is finally consumed; -1 if infinite loop
    trans = [[None]*m for _ in range(K)]

    def dfs(u, c):
        if chi[u][c] == 0:
            # this edge consumes c immediately
            trans[u][c] = u
            return
        if trans[u][c] is not None:
            # already resolved or in-progress
            return
        trans[u][c] = -1  # mark in-progress to detect cycles
        v = phi[u][c]
        dfs(v, c)
        trans[u][c] = trans[v][c]  # inherit result

    for u in range(K):
        for c in range(m):
            if trans[u][c] is None:
                dfs(u, c)

    # dp[i][u] = number of ways to be in state u after consuming i chars
    dp = [ [0]*K for _ in range(N+1) ]
    dp[0][S] = 1

    for i in range(N):
        for u in range(K):
            ways = dp[i][u]
            if ways == 0:
                continue
            for c in range(m):
                a = trans[u][c]
                if a == -1:
                    # cannot consume c (infinite non-absorbing loop)
                    continue
                v = phi[a][c]     # consuming c from state a
                dp[i+1][v] += ways

    # Sum counts at length N over terminal states
    result = sum(dp[N][t] for t in terminals)
    print(result)

if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()
```

5. Compressed Editorial
Precompute for each (state, char) the effective state where the character is consumed (or detect infinite loops). Then run a DP over consumed-character count: dp[i][u] is the number of ways to reach state u after consuming i letters; transitions use the precomputed effective moves. Sum dp[N][t] over terminal states.
