Since a nonlocal link's endpoint is embedded in local space, it is somewhat anchored into the lattice of local links that underpin that region of space. This keeps the nonlocal link's endpoint from “wandering” but not from oscillating about the lattice point. This property can be used to classify links according to the distance they span, since the longer the link, the greater the oscillation.
Besides the correlation to distance exhibited by links, there was also a correlation with energy. The more energy pumped into a link, the greater its endpoints oscillate. Normally, this would not cause a problem since the oscillation was extremely small, but if too much energy builds in a link, the end point can be ripped from the local lattice and fly off like a rubber band released. Once the endpoint has lost enough energy, it reattaches itself to the local lattice of space it finds in its new vicinity.
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