OH wait, I just realized! [@Wick] 
You didn't answer the first part of the question!

[quote=@Aeternum]How long will it take for the powers to start kicking in?

By that, I of course mean when would the tiny signs start showing up. In Robert's case, would he start hear the vague murmurings of thoughts in his mind on perhaps the second day or the third day or what?[/quote]