<b>Example</b>. $k=5$, $d=3$, $100$ (substantive) iterations; center of mass pink, time growing downward: <br /> <img src="https://i.sstatic.net/Q71j4.jpg" alt="InchWorm100" /> <br /> It appears the center of mass performs a scaled random walk, scaled as a function of $k$ and $d$. Perhaps scaled by about $(d/2)/k$...?