alien  (from  greek  "something  or  the 
 other") -  an entity far  enough removed 
 from  you  that  you  do  not  recognize 
             yourself in it...            
                                          
 (this is  not  true by the way -  you'll 
     always recognize yourself in it)     
                                          
                          
                                          
 an illusion or  conspiracy to remove you 
 from  yourself...  on the  other hand, i 
 very  surely  am the  outside  peeking 
                  in...                   
                                          
 a  novice  at  lizardry  maybe.  but   a 
            lizard nonetheless.           
                                          
                                    
                                          
 you can percieve  yourself  (the entity) 
 as a generalized member  of your speices 
            (if you have one)