internal string ReadCodedStringInternal(IBinaryReader reader, int? maxLength)
        {
            StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
            int count = 0;

            for (count = 0; (!maxLength.HasValue) ||
                (maxLength.HasValue && count < maxLength);)
            {
                // Check for custom codes
                ushort peek = reader.PeekUShort();
                byte upper = (byte)((peek >> 8) & 0xFF);

                if (upper == 0xEF)
                {
                    // Custom code with one-byte argument inline
                    reader.ReadByte();
                    byte arg = reader.ReadByte();
                    count++;

                    sb.Append($"[EF{arg:X2}]");
                }

                else if (peek == 0xFEFF)
                {
                    // Custom code (hot springs) with two-byte argument following
                    reader.ReadShort();
                    ushort arg = reader.ReadUShort();
                    count += 2;

                    sb.Append($"[HOTSPRING {arg:X4}]");
                }

                else
                {
                    ControlCode code = ProcessChar(reader, sb, ref count);

                    if (code != null && code.Flags.HasFlag(ControlCodeFlags.Terminate))
                    {
                        break;
                    }
                }
            }

            // Advance the position past the end of the string if applicable
            while (maxLength.HasValue && count++ < maxLength)
            {
                reader.ReadShort();
            }

            return sb.ToString();
        }