Oh, and I'm also having the disappearing crystal orb problem. If I unequip it it disappears, I guess because there's no room for it in the 4x4 orb grid? This is problematic, because it means I can't get the blue orb.
Edit: Ah, nevermind, seems like it wasn't the speech that gave Duvalier the +4 Personality. So that's what the opal orb does, I was wondering about that.