I received this Facebook message from the French Magician. You can see my immediate response.

I didn't hear anything after that until the next day, today, when he wrote, "I am fine, I hope you too. say hello to your lovely wife. I ll go back to [the ship we were on] on october, hop to se you there, we never know. take care."

I'm certain I won't be doing another contract any time soon, certainly not in October, but yes, I suppose, we never know.