I'm pretty sure you only learn it in the Monsaic Temple, can you show me where he learns it in RF?

It's probably something that came naturally (what with him being the savior and all that), but he only honed it in the Monsiac Temple. I would think that other Mudokons would have to train much harder before they can gain the ability to magically chant.

Possession is only explained in Rupturefarms but there is a scrolling display that explains that muds can be freed by leading them to bird portals and chanting.

In-universe, I would say that it's something muds can innately do but Abe only realised at the beginning of the game that it opened portals.

EDIT: I found the screen where the display talks about chanting. I cut and pasted to get the whole text.

http://www.oddworldforums.net/attach...1&d=1156335800

He learned the chant in RF but his possision ability only in MT, right?
:p

Unless the player works it out himself, yes.

yeah, because you can possess sligs before you leave Rupture farms.

That makes sense for gameplay, but not really for the story. Abe probably wants to help his fellow-slaves to get out (there is a sign before the exit that if you leave, all of the other workers in this section will die, though again that might just be for gameplay [how do they know that you're trying to get out? does it simply apply to everyone?]) but will he know how? Perhaps there are some wild-caught mudokons that teach the others how to chant, maybe for peace of mind? And then Abe finds out that he can use his for something.

Story-wise, I think it would be better if he knew nothing of his culture (because he started off not knowing much about anything) or of special powers and what-not, and was taught everything at the temple, maybe from the wild mudokons and BigFace.

I thought it was cool how BigFace was so mysterious but this time around I would like to see some more backstory on him.

silvertwilight that's pretty much the point I was tring to make earlier.

And if too much was told about Bigface he wouldn't really be mysterious. I like it better that he is more a shadowy character, it makes him seem more powerful.