*cracks up* I REMEMBER that look! I read it as grief, but on re-watch, it's TOTALLY "Oh, CRAP. I'm gonna have to deal with that."

should have reared into view like fucking sunrise

That is... a hell of a turn of phrase. You made me actually gasp, there. THAT would have been the moment. The City of the Ancients, restored to her former glory. Wow.