Alas, were it merely a tattoo.* The surgery was dreadful.* The
   announcement was to take place on my 43rd birthday, after my
   ENTIRE 42nd Year was spent finding The Question to Life the
   Universe and Everything. I was ready but the neverbefore
   performed surgery took a while for full recovery. So, 120 days
   after my 43th Birthday, I was finally ready. Thankfully, the
   Symbol tucks neatly away into my face most of the time, making
   it invisible except on special occasions. It consists of
   cooperating neutrinos, thought to be painfree,and they are...
   but the interface with regular matter is what was painful.* The
   technology is about 793 years in the future and we didn't have
   the proper medicinals to reduce the swelling.