Nuit Blanche: a night-time arts and culture festival to celebrate the return of Princess Luna. Octavia finds herself captivated not only by the events, but by the pony she unexpectedly finds herself sharing them with.

"Don't you get it, Rainbow Dash? No pony has seen this sky for a thousand years."

Gilda's father taught her many lessons about life and dealing with the ponies therein. Her return to Appleloosa after a day of flight is the last way she expected to need to apply some of them.