Sempersupra sent me this link regarding Nara, where Abe was shot, and their deer population:

https://japantoday.com/category/national/mass-summer-gathering-phenomenon-of-nara%E2%80%99s-famous-deer-has-netizens-perplexed-1

It could be comms. Deer are typically prey. When it gets "hot," they gather at the north side of the museum and remain "unmoving" where it would be cooler, then move back to the shrine.

This would seem to fit with the theory, "many you think are dead, are alive." It may be saying that Abe was being hunted by the DS. It was getting too hot where he was, so he was moved to someplace "cooler" where he remains "unmoving," hidden away.