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)