Genius bar visit with a Macbook Pro with some water damage - question

HI,
Yesterday, I dropped a half of a cup of water and some of it went onto my macbook pro keyboard while it was on. It really didn't look like it was that much, and I did my best to dry it right away. I turned it upside down to get the water out.  I turned it off and on again and it would only boot up in safe mode and when I tried to type it was only caps even though the caps lock was off. I left it upside down on a towel, powered off, for 24 hours.  Today I took it to the Apple store to the Genius bar. .It booted up (albeit very slowly) in regular mode this time, which was an improvement.   I opened notes and typed something, still only in caps without the lock on.  The technician looked at it, and said she'd take it in the back and open it up to see what damage there was.  After a short time she came back with it closed back up and showed me pictures on her iphone of where she found water inside.  She showed me one picture where there was already mold. Could that happen that fast?   Why wouldn't she open it in front of me so i could see, or if she needed to bring it in the back to get it open, then bring it back to me so i can see the damage?   She then tells me it will cost 799 to fix unless i want to replace it and a new one is 1199.  I feel like I was a little duped. Any thoughts?  Is that the way all stores operate when they need to open a macbook?  Thanks.  Jeannie

"She showed me one picture where there was already mold. Could that happen that fast?"
Hold long do you think it takes for mold to grow?  Regardless, mold can grow quickly and, despite you taking excellent care of your computer earlier, there's always a chance that moisture had entered your computer and the mold has been there for a while.  Regardless, you can always take your computer to another Apple store, and ask for it to be opened in your presence.

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