var sr, tr rune
		if s[0] < utf8.RuneSelf {
			sr, s = rune(s[0]), s[1:]
		} else {
			r, size := utf8.DecodeRune(s)
			sr, s = r, s[size:]
		}
		if t[0] < utf8.RuneSelf {
			tr, t = rune(t[0]), t[1:]
		} else {
			r, size := utf8.DecodeRune(t)
			tr, t = r, t[size:]
		}

		// If they match, keep going; if not, return false.

		// Easy case.
		if tr == sr {

		d.scratch.addRune(r)
		goto scan_esc
	}

	r2 := d.u4()
	if r2 < 0 {
		return "", d.mkError(ErrSyntax, "in unicode escape sequence")
	}

	// write surrogate pair
	d.scratch.addRune(utf16.DecodeRune(r, r2))
	c = d.next()
	goto scan
}

// u4 reads four bytes following a \u escape
func (d *Decoder) u4() rune {
	// logic taken from:
	// github.com/buger/jsonparser/blob/master/escape.go#L20

		b.Reset()
		return 0, 0, io.EOF
	}
	c := b.buf[b.off]
	if c < utf8.RuneSelf {
		b.off++
		b.lastRead = opReadRune1
		return rune(c), 1, nil
	}
	r, n := utf8.DecodeRune(b.buf[b.off:])
	b.off += n
	b.lastRead = readOp(n)
	return r, n, nil
}

// UnreadRune unreads the last rune returned by [Buffer.ReadRune].
// If the most recent read or write operation on the buffer was