User blog comment:B214/Volume 17 spoilers./@comment-117.217.186.212-20140224111716/@comment-16281343-20140228212607

Vali has also used [Divide] as a defensive ability like what he did in Loki's attack, and the trigger to use [Steal] is for Vali to [Divide] something.

So, if you picture that sequence, that overlaps [Absorb] which is meant to be a defensive technique like, what I think, you have envisioned.