"Not at all," Q assured her, taking off his glasses and removing one of the arms, revealing a tiny magnet on the end.

Carefully he ran it over his hand, peeling back what looked like flesh, only to reveal that a small patch was purely synthetic- though very realistic.

"I had my hand crushed a while back. Not a pleasant experience. They told I'd be healing for months, then in physical therapy for even longer. So I designed this. Nano cybernetic tech that can be grafted to bone and living tissue. ...Still in very early beta testing, but not too far from becoming the new standard. Ten years tops, I imagine. Maybe fifteen if there are any truly nasty side effects. ...my own design, of course."