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Philip (Caleb) Wittebane:
• When Caleb woke up, he was beyond shocked to find himself in his brother's body. But nothing shocked him more than the reeking scent that entered his nostrils once he got a whiff of the blue coat that once belonged to him. The "brunette's" face soon scrunched up by the foul stench as he quickly rushed out of his brother's cave and tried to find the nearest non-boiling lake to hop into. "Philip" was in dire need of a bath as soon as possible.
• Whenever Caleb thinks of ways to fix the body swap predicament he's in, he can't help but twirl Philip's mustache and stroke his beard.
• Caleb gives Philip's smile muscles a much needed workout.
• Despite his efforts to avoid reading Philip's diary upon discovering it, Caleb nonetheless does so. Seeing all the Jesus Christ fan art and self-insert biblical stories causes him to giggle.
• The witches and palisman that Philip has encountered in the past are surprised by the sudden kindness that "he" shows toward them.
• Caleb feels absolutely awful when he almost shifts into a full monster and has no other choice but to crack open the palisman he had recently befriended and has to absorb its essence to remain human. As a result of this, he's now more determined to switch back to his original body.
Caleb (Philip) Wittebane:
• As he happily cuddled up to something soft and warm, Philip breathed out a soft sigh. The scent of whatever he was snuggling up against was lovely, reminiscent of a summer's day. When brown eyes gently begin to open and Philip finds himself holding a sleeping Evelyn in his arms, he immediately shoves her off the bed and quickly runs out of the bedroom with his arms flailing as he lets out a panicked scream. It took him some time to finally stop shuddering because of the experience. It was truly terrifying.
• Both Evelyn and Flapjack wonder why "Caleb" seems not like himself today. From the moment he woke up, he's been acting strangely cold toward them and narrating to himself for no apparent reason.
• When Philip takes a stroll through the bustling Bonesborough marketplace by himself, the witches and demons who usually smile and wave at Caleb do so at him, but he only frowns at their friendliness. 'How annoying,' he thought to himself. When some try to make conversation with him, he ignores them and rudely walks away. As if what they had to say was important.
• Philip's tongue and behavior actually earns him a permanent ban from a few places.
• He hates that he's having a hard time getting any writing done thanks to Caleb's left-handedness.
• Philip has to lie low to avoid the anger of the Fang Brothers, who were relentlessly looking all over town for him. They wanted to pummel Philip's face into the ground for the insults he hurled at them about their mother at the town tarvern. 'Alright, time to go find Caleb,' he told himself as he sneaked out of town and into the direction of the forest. He had a body situation that he needed to sort out with his brother, but first, he had to find him.