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It looks like WordPress takes care of collapsing the tree as necessary on the front end depending on the thread_comments_depth setting, but removing comments that couldn't be a parent because they're at the last depth could simplify the dropdown and prevent confusion.

Using spaces to pad the comments in the dropdown to indicate their depth in the comment tree would probably make it a little easier to scan the list to find the new parent.

Rather than admin_init, try add_meta_boxes or add_meta_boxes_comment instead. It probably won't make much of a functional difference in this case, since you're not removing something, but it's more sensible/semantic/whatever.

I noticed after changing the parent for a couple of comments, they maintained their position in the dropdown and weren't sorted correctly. Using the wp_list_comment() function with a callback to customize the output would probably help here. It'd also allow you to filter trackbacks out of the dropdown and do any calculations based on the depth.