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)