Imagine...
As the Celestial judges Jean, she begins to glow white-hot as the sun and stars. The Phoenix Force emerges from Jean's crown chakra and positions itself between her and the Celestial. Time freezes.
"Who dares?! I am the ETERNAL judge from which all life springs. This is both my child and my self... "
Suddenly, the Celestial is frozen in place, and nary a word or thought can escape its lips or mind as the Phoenix Force turns to address Jean.
"Until now, I have done as you instructed. In part, I have abandoned my home—YOU—and relegated myself to tend to the salvation of humanity in ways that diverge from our destiny, using avatars from distant lands and worlds, from epochs passed and epochs yet to pass. But it is your love and warmth, strength and discipline, altruism and self-sacrifice to which I long to return. Allow me to work through you. We are as we were always meant to be: ONE."
Jean now writhes not in response to a Celestial's painful probes and incisive judgments but to a greater part of herself on the verge of unfolding like a lotus.
"Arrrgh! Oh, hell! #%&$! Not this...not now. You...nngg!...I can't depend on you. I—WE—MUST do this alone!"
The Phoenix Force hovers over and stares at Jean quizzically but with admiration and understanding.
"...As you wish."
It disappears in a burst of flames, leaving only a whisp of smoke in its place. Time unfreezes, and the Celestial proceeds with its game of chance and judgment, self-assured and unaware of the greatness that trembles before it.