Shep pulls a face. "It's high school P.E. With a bunch of girls. How bad can it be? I've been through the Air Force basic training - long story - so I'm not too worried about the class. I just wondered if I'd have to present some kind of paper."

"But to answer your question, yeah, it's okay. Once in a while it twinges. And I've taken to wearing the sweatband over it since I ditched the brace, but that's more to avoid the 'what the hell happened to you' questions I kept getting."