His breath caught just a little at that brush of a kiss, though before he could collect himself to say anything about it, or to mention that the apology was unnecessary as Edwin well understood that tensions had been running high and they were unfortunately far more corporeal than they usually were, which just wound everything all the higher, Charles' asked his question about travel.

He just shook his head, "No, that's what I was trying to do before realizing I was... this, again." A loose gesture with one hand towards his chest, "I just went right through. I'd been trying to go to the office and back, and that's clearly not what happened. We'll have to walk, I'm afraid." Mostly he was thankful that they weren't that far from the office, and had only mirrored in to start with because it was easier, especially when trying to take a poltergeist by surprise.