Table has no values after json encoding/decoding?

Edit: Found the issue! If anyone finds this 7 years from now and wants to know the solution here it is:

Originally I had been saving the table like this:

{
		--pet 1
		n1 = "alien", 
		r1 = "common", 
		c1 = 75,
		--pet2
		n2 = "dragon", 
		r2 = "unique", 
		c2 = 25,

	}

But it turns out I had to store it this way

{
		--pet 1
		"alien", 
		"common", 
		75,
		--pet2
		"dragon", 
		"unique", 
		25,

	}

simple problem simple fix, somehow took me half an hour to figure out.

Nevermind I found the issue. Had to do with me adding the variable name. if anyone finds this 7 years later and wants the answer, remove n1,r1,c1 and all that so its just the values