Talk:The Knife of Dunwall/@comment-3410662-20130323033616/@comment-5607198-20130324042909

Well, see, the assassin teleport isn't instantaneous either. You can see that in combat.

The conversation used as proof that they were different powers states that one needs to IMAGINE where they go, and that looking at the target limits the distance they can travel.

And this actually makes more sense, dude. A transversal is defined as a straight line that intersects two other lines. but assassins dont always travel in a straight line,

So, here's how Blink works: By focusing a destination and HOLY CRAP OUTSIDER MAGICS ERMAGERD, you travel nigh-instantaneously over distance. By looking at where you want to go, you limit your imagination, by thinking about the obstacles on that course, which limits your ability to travel around them. By learning to THINK of your destination and not GETTING there, your teleport is more powerful. It makes SO much more sense than "i'm giving you an incredibly similar power, but not the same because who wants the same powers?"

So, its not that Corvo has a different power, he just hasn't learned to use it in the week he's had it, as opposed to daud and the whalers, who have had YEARS to perfect their power. It'd also explain why Daud's stop time can slow you, but yours never slows him. He's just more practiced at magic.

So unless Daud's Blink doesn't end up being CALLED blink, I think my theory here best explains the situation without having to swallow a retcon