Limitations
The recent ret-con of the Eternals' origins, and abilities also introduces a significant limitation to their powers as well: They cannot attack their Celestial "masters" for any reason, whether they make a conscious decision to do so, or whether they are tricked into accidentally striking the beings. Any such attempt shuts the body of the attacking Eternal down, and is implied to be an automatic defense mechanism of the Celestials' armor. On one occasion, when the Eternals attempted to form a Uni-Mind with the intent of keeping the Dreaming Celestial asleep, they were immediately shut down and discorporated back into their original, individual forms before they could even form a non-aggressive plan of action.
Furthermore, Eternals are compelled to attack and neutralize any being that attempts to engage any Celestial with hostile intent — this compulsion extends even to the Dreaming Celestial, whom the Eternals were forced to defend even as they feared that the newly-awakened Celestial would destroy all life on the planet.
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