diff --git a/data/src/main/java/io/github/adamw7/tools/data/source/file/ToonSyntax.java b/data/src/main/java/io/github/adamw7/tools/data/source/file/ToonSyntax.java
index 96437e17..63dc2280 100644
--- a/data/src/main/java/io/github/adamw7/tools/data/source/file/ToonSyntax.java
+++ b/data/src/main/java/io/github/adamw7/tools/data/source/file/ToonSyntax.java
@@ -135,11 +135,41 @@ private static boolean isQuotedString(String value) {
 	}
 
 	private static String processEscapeSequences(String value) {
-		return value
-				.replace("\\\"", "\"")
-				.replace("\\\\", "\\")
-				.replace("\\n", "\n")
-				.replace("\\r", "\r")
-				.replace("\\t", "\t");
+		StringBuilder result = new StringBuilder(value.length());
+		int i = 0;
+		while (i < value.length()) {
+			i = appendChar(result, value, i);
+		}
+		return result.toString();
+	}
+
+	private static int appendChar(StringBuilder result, String value, int i) {
+		char c = value.charAt(i);
+		if (c != '\\' || i + 1 >= value.length()) {
+			result.append(c);
+			return i + 1;
+		}
+		return appendEscaped(result, value.charAt(i + 1), i);
+	}
+
+	private static int appendEscaped(StringBuilder result, char escaped, int i) {
+		String replacement = replacementFor(escaped);
+		if (replacement == null) {
+			result.append('\\');
+			return i + 1;
+		}
+		result.append(replacement);
+		return i + 2;
+	}
+
+	private static String replacementFor(char escaped) {
+		return switch (escaped) {
+			case '"' -> "\"";
+			case '\\' -> "\\";
+			case 'n' -> "\n";
+			case 'r' -> "\r";
+			case 't' -> "\t";
+			default -> null;
+		};
 	}
 }
diff --git a/data/src/main/java/io/github/adamw7/tools/data/structure/internal/DoubleHashing.java b/data/src/main/java/io/github/adamw7/tools/data/structure/internal/DoubleHashing.java
index 6bf0ce12..93a9f3e2 100644
--- a/data/src/main/java/io/github/adamw7/tools/data/structure/internal/DoubleHashing.java
+++ b/data/src/main/java/io/github/adamw7/tools/data/structure/internal/DoubleHashing.java
@@ -43,10 +43,18 @@ public static int grownSize(int currentLength) {
 		return Math.max((int) (currentLength * MULTIPLIER), currentLength + 1);
 	}
 
-	/** The slot index probed on the given {@code iteration} of the sequence. */
+	/**
+	 * The slot index probed on the given {@code iteration} of the sequence.
+	 *
+	 * <p>The step {@code h2} is derived from {@code Math.abs(hashCode % (length - 1))}
+	 * rather than {@code Math.abs(hashCode) % (length - 1)}: the two agree for every
+	 * {@code hashCode} except {@link Integer#MIN_VALUE}, whose {@code Math.abs} stays
+	 * negative and would otherwise yield a non-positive step that folds the probe
+	 * sequence back onto a handful of slots.
+	 */
 	public static int probe(int hashCode, int prime, int length, int iteration) {
 		int h1 = prime - (hashCode % prime);
-		int h2 = 1 + (Math.abs(hashCode) % (length - 1));
+		int h2 = 1 + Math.abs(hashCode % (length - 1));
 		return Math.abs((h1 + (iteration * h2)) % length);
 	}
 }
diff --git a/data/src/test/java/io/github/adamw7/tools/data/source/file/ToonSyntaxTest.java b/data/src/test/java/io/github/adamw7/tools/data/source/file/ToonSyntaxTest.java
index a81314ba..610e1cae 100644
--- a/data/src/test/java/io/github/adamw7/tools/data/source/file/ToonSyntaxTest.java
+++ b/data/src/test/java/io/github/adamw7/tools/data/source/file/ToonSyntaxTest.java
@@ -107,6 +107,19 @@ public void unquoteResolvesEscapeSequences() {
 		assertEquals("line\nbreak", ToonSyntax.unquote("\"line\\nbreak\""));
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void unquoteKeepsEscapedBackslashLiteralBeforeControlLetter() {
+		// The raw value is  a \ \ n b : an escaped backslash followed by a literal
+		// 'n', so it must decode to a backslash and an 'n', not to a newline.
+		assertEquals("a\\nb", ToonSyntax.unquote("\"a\\\\nb\""));
+		assertEquals("a\\tb", ToonSyntax.unquote("\"a\\\\tb\""));
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void unquoteLeavesUnknownEscapeUntouched() {
+		assertEquals("a\\xb", ToonSyntax.unquote("\"a\\xb\""));
+	}
+
 	@Test
 	public void keyValuePatternMatchesDottedKeys() {
 		Matcher matcher = ToonSyntax.KEY_VALUE_PATTERN.matcher("user.name: Alice");
diff --git a/data/src/test/java/io/github/adamw7/tools/data/structure/DoubleHashingTest.java b/data/src/test/java/io/github/adamw7/tools/data/structure/DoubleHashingTest.java
index 8f018243..5d6c4d8f 100644
--- a/data/src/test/java/io/github/adamw7/tools/data/structure/DoubleHashingTest.java
+++ b/data/src/test/java/io/github/adamw7/tools/data/structure/DoubleHashingTest.java
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertThrows;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertTrue;
 
+import java.util.HashSet;
+import java.util.Set;
+
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.function.Executable;
 
@@ -79,4 +82,24 @@ private void assertProbesAreValidIndices(int hashCode, int prime, int length) {
 					"index " + index + " out of range for hashCode " + hashCode);
 		}
 	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void probeVisitsEverySlotForMinValueHashCode() {
+		// Integer.MIN_VALUE is the one hashCode whose Math.abs stays negative. A prior
+		// step derived from Math.abs(hashCode) went non-positive for it, folding the
+		// sequence back onto a subset of the slots (12 of 13 here). On a prime-sized
+		// table the sequence must be a full permutation of every slot.
+		int length = 13;
+		int prime = 11;
+		assertProbesAllDistinct(Integer.MIN_VALUE, prime, length);
+	}
+
+	private void assertProbesAllDistinct(int hashCode, int prime, int length) {
+		Set<Integer> visited = new HashSet<>();
+		for (int iteration = 0; iteration < length; iteration++) {
+			visited.add(DoubleHashing.probe(hashCode, prime, length, iteration));
+		}
+		assertEquals(length, visited.size(),
+				"probe should visit every slot exactly once for hashCode " + hashCode);
+	}
 }