Better to spring a trap when you're aware of and prepared for it rather than otherwise, don't you think?

[All right, it might've been a little overconfident to think going in that he (they?) could handle anything a corrupted wish might've thrown at them, but hey. What's done is done.]

Besides, they might be useful still.

[Maybe he could feed them to a virtual cat or something, since they're apparently Kitty Krisp brand. You can never be too prepared.]