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)