diff --git a/src/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/tools/Lua/Libraries/ConsoleLuaLibrary.cs b/src/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/tools/Lua/Libraries/ConsoleLuaLibrary.cs
index c18334dd31..a3cf1e885f 100644
--- a/src/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/tools/Lua/Libraries/ConsoleLuaLibrary.cs
+++ b/src/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/tools/Lua/Libraries/ConsoleLuaLibrary.cs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Text;
 
@@ -66,23 +67,9 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk
 		{
 			static string SerializeTable(LuaTable lti)
 			{
-				var keyObjs = lti.Keys;
-				var valueObjs = lti.Values;
-				if (keyObjs.Count != valueObjs.Count)
-				{
-					throw new ArgumentException(message: "each value must be paired with one key, they differ in number", paramName: nameof(lti));
-				}
-
-				var values = new object[keyObjs.Count];
-				var kvpIndex = 0;
-				foreach (var valueObj in valueObjs)
-				{
-					values[kvpIndex++] = valueObj;
-				}
-
-				return string.Concat(keyObjs.Cast<object>()
-					.Select((kObj, i) => $"\"{kObj}\": \"{values[i]}\"\n")
-					.Order());
+				var entries = ((IEnumerator<KeyValuePair<object, object/*?*/>>) lti.GetEnumerator()).AsEnumerable()
+					.ToArray();
+				return string.Concat(entries.Select(static kvp => $"\"{kvp.Key}\": \"{kvp.Value}\"\n").Order());
 			}
 
 			if (!Tools.Has<LuaConsole>())
diff --git a/src/BizHawk.Common/Extensions/CollectionExtensions.cs b/src/BizHawk.Common/Extensions/CollectionExtensions.cs
index 775be9d8f4..354fa32e31 100644
--- a/src/BizHawk.Common/Extensions/CollectionExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/BizHawk.Common/Extensions/CollectionExtensions.cs
@@ -10,6 +10,30 @@ namespace BizHawk.Common.CollectionExtensions
 	public static class CollectionExtensions
 #pragma warning restore MA0104
 	{
+		private struct EnumeratorAsEnumerable<T> : IEnumerable<T>
+		{
+			private IEnumerator<T>? _wrapped;
+
+			public EnumeratorAsEnumerable(IEnumerator<T> wrapped)
+				=> _wrapped = wrapped;
+
+			public override bool Equals(object? other)
+				=> other is EnumeratorAsEnumerable<T> wrapper && object.Equals(_wrapped, wrapper._wrapped);
+
+			public IEnumerator<T> GetEnumerator()
+			{
+				var temp = _wrapped ?? throw new InvalidOperationException("double enumeration (or `default`/zeroed struct)");
+				_wrapped = null;
+				return temp;
+			}
+
+			IEnumerator IEnumerable.GetEnumerator()
+				=> GetEnumerator();
+
+			public override int GetHashCode()
+				=> _wrapped?.GetHashCode() ?? default;
+		}
+
 		private const string ERR_MSG_IMMUTABLE_LIST = "immutable list passed to mutating method";
 
 		private const string WARN_NONGENERIC = "use generic overload";
@@ -119,6 +143,9 @@ namespace BizHawk.Common.CollectionExtensions
 			foreach (var item in collection) list.Add(item);
 		}
 
+		public static IEnumerable<T> AsEnumerable<T>(this IEnumerator<T> enumerator)
+			=> new EnumeratorAsEnumerable<T>(enumerator);
+
 		/// <remarks>
 		/// Contains method for arrays which does not need Linq, but rather uses Array.IndexOf
 		/// similar to <see cref="ICollection{T}.Contains">ICollection's Contains</see>