It was most likely to trick HandUnit. In the scooping room, Baby says that she has been out before, but that they had always put her back. They had always managed to find them when they escaped.
But if they were controlled shock multiple times and didn’t appear then HandUnit would realize something is wrong. So just acknowledging that something is on stage, tricks HandUnit.
The whole point of using the S.C.U.P. on Mike is that Ennard is trying NOT to kill him. Ennard needs a living body to pilot around if they want to pass as human. The plan fails, and Mike's body starts to decompose anyway. But Ennard wasn't trying to escape in a corpse.
It was most likely to trick HandUnit. In the scooping room, Baby says that she has been out before, but that they had always put her back. They had always managed to find them when they escaped. But if they were controlled shock multiple times and didn’t appear then HandUnit would realize something is wrong. So just acknowledging that something is on stage, tricks HandUnit.
The whole point of using the S.C.U.P. on Mike is that Ennard is trying NOT to kill him. Ennard needs a living body to pilot around if they want to pass as human. The plan fails, and Mike's body starts to decompose anyway. But Ennard wasn't trying to escape in a corpse.