What is even the point of being a goddess if they're going to cheat! It's just meat!

This is the least imaginative way to gate progress possible.

[As Ren walks down the halls, he is met with the somewhat odd sight of a small child standing next to a tree. ...This place is definitely not conducive to plant growth. On the other hand, trees don't usually have fists, either, so probably there's something else going on here.

The tree mindlessly pounds away at the flesh wall as Viridi grumbles.]

...Who are you? And how did you escape from the Victorian costume ball?