While she was texting her husband, Mark was occasionally texting Bridget about it all, and it was through explaining it to her that he realised something.
"Ah. Yeah, now I think about it, that's probably because I'm also fictional in at least one world that I know of, too," he explained, and then laughed a little at how bloody weird that sounded.
It didn't take him long to consider the DNA test, and he quickly gave her a nod of consent. "Yes, sure, that could be interesting if nothing else," he agreed - but then he was frowning. "Do we? Look alike?" he asked. He hadn't actually met the man, but he'd never pictured them as looking alike. For one thing, her Darcy was some sort of romantic hero. He was... not.