>>13403422Even then in the last episode of Seed he suddenly gets a bad feeling and rushes back to AA, because Rau was attacking it. And he gave Rau NT Flashes, so it was definitely set up as early as then (That interview was shortly before Seed ended I believe)
In Destiny he's sensing Minerva fighting all the way back in Orb, and senses Neo every time he's near by, which is why he goes out of his way to shoot him down and have AA retrieve him.
He doesn't start actually getting flashes until he starts using dragoons though.