The monologue is near the conclusion of "Blade Runner", where detective Rick Deckard (played by Harrison Ford) has been ordered to track down and kill the rogue replicant Roy Batty, who is near the end of his fixed four-year lifespan and is now dying. Batty ends up chasing Deckard to the rooftops in the midst of a heavy downpour of rain, where Deckard misses a jump between the rooftops and ends up hanging precariously. Batty ultimately pulls Deckard up to safety despite knowing Deckard would kill him, moments before Batty's own death. Reflecting on his experiences and imminent mortality, Batty says, with dramatic pauses between each statement: