Companion Gem - Deletion Bug

Okay, so bear with the long text body, but I've discovered a situation that has 'locked' my companion gems from working now at all.

I had captured an early mob as soon as I got the gem, and while in the Utzaal area in normal A3, wanted to replace said companion. I, in the map instance, removed the gem that contained my existing companion and simply drag-drop deleted it there, then attempted to use an empty gem I had with me to capture a new one. The effect plays, casts with mana, but no buff on rare mob/indication for capture.

I then did the following to verify behavior:
Went to town, trashed the empty gem I'd had previous, created a new gem. Same thing.
Went to town, made another new gem, went to entirely new map/instance. Same issue.
Sold gems made previous to vendor, relogged completely, then went to yet another new map instance. Made the new gem inside the instance with an uncut gem. Same thing happens.

All of these result in animation play, mana use, but no buff/capture indicator on mob. I will attempt to test again when I get the armor on at 52 that allows for two types of companions, but I suspect it will let me capture one at most, not two.

If the devs need additional info, please feel free to contact me.