Re: [WHY ARE WE HERE]
Really? We really should have brought you two in sooner. There's still a lot to be done, it's not like everything's already finished. And I'd be happy to start keeping you in the know, if you'd like.
We've gotten as far as we have with a lot of skill and planning, and a little luck. We're going to need as much of all of those things as we can get to keep going, and to discount someone's skills simply for personal reasons is idiotic at this point. I know for a fact that three of us have had our memories sealed by Jace, now, all of us patroned to Messenger. Myself and Tide, and Parrot of Ophiuchus--he had some of his rewritten, too, to make sure things stay secure if any of the Judges poke around in his head. It's pretty straightforward, too... the relevant memories aren't even affected in a way you can sense, not until something happens. Then if you trigger it yourself--or if something tries to look at them from the outside--they're sealed completely. Erased from your mind until the next time you sleep.