Although survival is arguably the most basic way of creating purpose, it's rarely the sole purpose in these stories as there is usually a larger narrative present; maybe there is someone to protect, or someone to hunt.
The peculiar part is that the journal that the editor is supposedly working for is not profiting at all — it is just providing citations to other journals.
Well, it would be, except that I left string theory, because I decided it was a dead end. Yeah, she went behind my back to help someone else to prove me wrong. My rival, no less.
Her aunt simply said, " Very well. He should by rights have been told at the time that the wedding was going to be. He will never forgive you for your secrecy."