Yeah, but this world isn't really used to big and bright and wonderful being in the sky above them, yet. Everyone's been too damned worried that it meant the barrier blastia was failing, and then nobody would be happy. But since we don't have blastia anymore, that's not so much an issue.

The curtain's an expression - something about keeping your eyes on the show and not on the people doing things to keep the show running. The scarf is a much longer story.