I've always considered Abe's possession abilities to be a combination of skill and his own spirituality. So here's my somewhat indepth reasoning behind it.
From the get go he is essentially blind to his race's culture but as Abe's Oddysee progresses he learns more and more of the Mudokon's past. I remember reading in an article Lorne explained something along the lines of Mudokons believed in a form of Shamanism (Obvious I know since they have Shamans) and that the non-sentient animals to be the most truly spiritual and connected to nature: Mudokons because of their sentience Mudokons would never be as truly in touch with nature as creatures such as Scrabs and Paramites were, but still strived to be.
Perhaps this is where the power of possession came from? In order to reach the minds of creatures who are more attuned to nature. This would also explain why initially Abe can only control sentient industrial creatures like Sligs, rather than the more "spiritual" animals such as Scrabs and Paramites, and why gaining his hand scars could potentially grant him the power to do so.
In terms of skill - with the exception of native species - Abe isn't able to "succesfully" leave a host until three games down the line where his possession ability has advanced to the roaming spooce orb we see in Munch's Oddysee. In both Abe's Oddysee and Exoddus, Abe essentially self destructs Sligs and Glukkons in order to get his own mind out. Though he does this in Munch's Oddysee with Sligs he doesn't seem to do it with Glukkons like Lulu so there's definitely a conscious choice with how he uses it.
But that's just a theory... An ABE Theory. Thanks for reading!
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