DecodeValue for Bit with no bitIndex now reads the full 16-bit word via GetInt16(0) and tests bit 0 instead of GetInt8(0), which only covered the low byte and silently misread any bit in positions 8..15. The comment explains the two decode paths (suffix-present vs suffix-absent). Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>