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)