... what is Settling Time in cables and interconnects...

my cables are recommended for a few hundred hours break in and a week settling

I know that the Cerious Technologies Graphene and Matrix cables need time to settle in after you install them and or move them. I believe it has something to do with the Graphene possibly?
Perhaps if the manufacturer @rgrost has the time he can add his expertise?

Moving a well broken in cable around ... it may need time to return to the state it was in before it was moved. Settling time. Not a big deal. A few hours at most for a very small change most folks would never hear, or notice.                     
But I do agree best to not move cables around.. The longer they sit, the better. But if you need to, no big deal. (IMO just some additional thing for worrywarts to ponder)                            

Worrywarts = audiophiles 😬

People who can hear it = audiophiles 🤗

I'm just another Newbee so what do I know. But I have to agree that a broken in cable should not be moved around. They (cables) are just like us humans. If we settled in on a nice place, never move us from there. Same goes for interconnects. Don't change the right one to suddenly bear the left signal.
Sorry, if I got something wrong.