In Blade Runner 2049, the phrase "A system of cells interlinked" originates from Vladimir Nabokov’s poem "Pale Fire". Interviewer: [Baseline test room at LAPD HQ] Officer K-D-six-dash-three-dot-seven, let's begin. Ready? 'K': Yes, sir. Interviewer: Recite your baseline. 'K': And blood-black nothingness began to spin... A system of cells interlinked within cells interlinked within cells interlinked within one stem... And dreadfully distinct against the dark, a tall white fountain played. Interviewer: Cells. 'K': Cells. Interviewer: Have you ever been in an institution? Cells. 'K': Cells. Interviewer: Do they keep you in a cell? Cells. 'K': Cells. Interviewer: When you're not performing your duties do they keep you in a little box? Cells. 'K': Cells. Interviewer: Interlinked. 'K': Interlinked. Interviewer: What's it like to hold the hand of someone you love? Interlinked. 'K': Interlinked. Interviewer: Did they teach you how to feel finger to finger? Interlinked. 'K': Interlinked. Interviewer: Do you long for having your heart interlinked? Interlinked. 'K': Interlinked...