Sean Williams | The Missing Metatarsals

Published: May 14, 2013, 10:01 a.m.

His head swiveled to track me as we walked in lockstep through security. A birth defect called M\xf6bius syndrome inherited from distant Nepalese ancestors left him with underdeveloped VI and VII cranial nerves, so he can\u2019t blink, bite, or form expressions without the help of a series of tiny implants. My girlfriend Billie is a muscle artist, and she\u2019s tweaked the inspector\u2019s presets a couple of times, giving him conscious control of his face, but that\u2019s not the same as the real thing. Not the same at all. Narrated by Paul Boehmer.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices