Deeply Entrenched Schemes

After weighing it over and over, Daisy chose her words carefully. "Time is a track. It determines where we begin and where we end. Time represents the movement of matter and the transmission of energy. It existed before the Big Bang and will vanish after the universe dies..."

"And friends..." She found herself unable to continue. The more one knew, the more concerns one had.

From this question, Daisy could see the root of the issue. This was both a question The Supreme Being had designed for the next administrator of the multiverse and one the current Living Tribunal had arranged based on Its own reflections.

The Living Tribunal had seen Its own death—or rather, It was already dead, having died in the future along the timeline shared by Daisy and Adam. It was asking Its successors whether they should calmly face their own deaths.

If she said, "You should die, so hurry up and die. I'll take over," she would definitely be finished.

If she chose time as more important, she would certainly lower the current Living Tribunal's favor toward her. If she chose friends, there was a small chance she would be giving up some future possibility.

This question had Daisy thoroughly tangled up. She felt Adam probably had not thought that deeply. Adam did not carry such ideological burdens; he was merely choosing between two concepts. His answer was not hard to guess. Having merged with part of the Soul Stone, and with the Infinity Gems originally being one whole, he was naturally inclined toward time.

Being alone, he had no concept of friends at all. Adam Warlock's choice would definitely be that time was more important.

This was an examination, yet not an examination. Adam, as the protagonist, had chosen time, so Daisy could not choose