He did not know that the Old One was his father, for such a relationship was utterly beyond his understanding, but as he looked at the emaciated body he felt a dim disquiet that was the ancestor of sadness.

Arthur C. Clarke
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In the story The Old Ones by H. P. Lovecraft, a strange being known as the Old One has been feeding on human flesh for thousands of years and has brought the end of humanity. He has decided to take a new body in order to live in peace and bury all his hate and anger, but when he finds it is his own son, he has no idea what to do.

Source: 2001: A Space Odyssey

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