While Opaline and Misty’s maternal relationship wasn’t strong enough to make the palace’s unity tree thrive like it should, it did keep it from completely rotting over the years before Misty found friends.
Opaline braided her own hair when she was younger and decided to braid Misty’s hair for her when her hair was getting too long.
Misty was taught acrobatics as a filly which was why she skillfully dodged Sparky’s traps when she was trying to capture him. (I honestly thought this episode was a hint at what Misty’s cutie mark is and I kind of wish it was 😭 It would’ve been so cool for them to foreshadow her talent like that especially since she looked so natural doing it.)