-<icu:state> 0-8d, 8e:2, 90-9f, a1-fe:1, aa-c1:5, c3:5, fe:5
+# The fourth <icu:state> line is commented out (and does not count)
+# because the state table is hand-optimized and does not use what would be
+# the natural path for the encoding scheme.
+# The third <icu:state> used to start with "a1-b0:3" but overrode every one
+# of these byte values with a different state transition.
+
+# 0: Initial state, single bytes and lead bytes
+<icu:state> 0-8d, 8e:2, 90-9f, a1-fe:1, aa-c1:4, c3:4, fe:4
+# 1: Trail byte state with mappings