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)