(Has the pursuit of such a career crossed his mind before?)

It... often proves to be a struggle -- [aggravating, humiliating, and occasionally even dangerous, he doesn't intentionally specify] -- but in the end, it's a deeply satisfying thing to play a key role in ensuring that the truth is clear to all.

(Even at those times when the truth is not, in fact, on my side.)

[A glimpse of a spiky-haired, blue-suited man passes through his mind along with that last thought.]