The theme of One Safe Place is that childhood should be completely happy, resilient, creating memories, and grow as a person, so that you can make friends you trust and connect with along the way. " The zombie like children are trying to drain our energy!, Devin and Kit suffered a tragic fate in the Dream World and were forced to drink a strange liquid that gave Devin a strange vision of an old man." He noticed more wealthy old people entering the building. Due to this the bad thing causes the punishment, because the Gabriel H. Pennhouse isn't any ordinary adoption center, the zombie-like children affected Devin and some of his friends, therefore causing them to pass out, meaning Devin didn't do anything wrongful. They use these medical liquids to secretly drain minds. In this brutal case the punishment is experiencing vivid dreams losing memory; therefore if a child enters the Gabriel H. Pennhouse to escape the harsh streets innocence will slowly drain their minds. " An act of kindness earns an invitation to the home, but it's soon clear that it's no paradise." Devin's act of kindness helps prioritize the freedom and safety of others with all his friends over his own comfort he breaks the rigid control holding kids captive. By guiding everyone from the toxic-city to the self-sustaining farm, everyone makes deep connections,trust for a better life. The reward is that him and his friends get to finally chill, hang out and thrive at the farm turning into a true santuary. If he and his whole team rejected this idea than it will be very tempting and harsh to live inside the house, and if none of this happened he would have broken his grandpa's trust of coming back to visit the farm.