In Caddicarus' interview, at 10:13 Abe is shot by a Slig and a bird flies out of him as they did in Munch's Oddysee -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0D7yTN31WIA
Hopefully Abe can't take a ton of punishment like he could in MO; one-hit kills made Abe's Oddysee challenging.