When the WATCHER & DEATH said this to Galactus,
"Is that your wish Galactus? ... to condemn the Cosmos to ultimate extinction, and yourself to an Eternity in an Infinite Void, can even you endure such desolation?"
"unless that's what you really want? ... You've handed so many over to my care, why not lay down your burdens, and JOIN them?"
Galactus responds with,
"I am Supreme unto myself, I will NOT be bound Reaper, by Entity or Concept"
Watcher says,
"Yet Phoenix LIVES"
Galactus responds,
"FOR the PRESENT ... --- (What does this sound like to you?)
... the day is yours Starchilde, and with it,
an awareness of your Role (the ETERNAL PATTERN) in the Scheme of Things"
The ETERNAL PATTERN, is Phoenix's ROLE in the Universe, Galactus was going to END that PATTERN by ERASING the Phoenix Force from existence,
just like the Official Marvel Handbook clearly states, Roma,
"WARNED Galactus NOT to SLAY Phoenix II"
Phoenix II means the SECOND Phoenix, which is Rachel Summers.
SO once and for all,
the ETERNAL PATTERN was going to be BROKEN, and the STARS were GOING OUT.
and when Roma said this:
"Galactus the Stars, they are going out"
"THAT CHILD (Rachel Summers) IS PHOENIX, Living Embodiment of ONE of the Primal Forces, you can no more divide her spirit from flesh than you can life from death, there is a natural order to her being (EXISTENCE) as to yours, and all creation"
Roma was referring to Phoenix being ERASED from existence, and it's CANON!
(an excerpt from the Roma's OFFICIAL Marvel Universe Handbook Bio)
Bibliography - Excalibur #25 -
"WARNED Galactus NOT to SLAY Phoenix II" (Rachel Summers)
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