Even with both of his hands bleeding profusely, the moment he connected to the mechanised being, bits of metal and wire turned 'alive'. It reactively attempted to connect to Gnawbones and the moment the wires touched Gnawbones, they stung him with needles and connectors.
At that point in time, Gnawbones could feel that his entire consciousness was being transferred to somewhere else while his body was being fed into the robot as fuel. There was nowhere else for the Air Force General to run and he thought that hiding within the robot was his best way of surviving.
"I do not want to die! I do not want to die! What is happening to me?! Those lab coat traitors! What did they do to me without telling me?!" Gnawbones said as he felt that he had melted away while his body was being taken apart by the robot.