Veg, flower or forever in between?

Wait for the revege process to complete, my 2 cents. The overbranching will cease, the fugly leaves will not continue. It'll look normal at some point, yes - not the older growth that remains, obviously. Thin it out as best you can. In my experience, daily maintenance is better than letting it turn into an absolute mess of overgrowth. the further it was into flower, the longer it takes to re-vege. i'm sure there's some ceiling to that, but for example taking a clonen day one of flower won't be as severe as day 21 pf flower. I realize this is a plant you just put back into vege lighting, but it's the same re-vege process that has to occur. Oh, this assumes your length of night outside is not causing it to go back into flower too soon. Anything approaching 10 hours of uninterrupted darkness is concerning.