&$*^~^,,,,                                          ,,,,^~^*$&
¶&$*^~^,,,                                          ,,,^~^*$&¶
#¶&$*^~^,,                                          ,,^~^*$&¶#
##¶&$*^~^,                                          ,^~^*$&¶##
#¶&$*^~^,,                                          ,,^~^*$&¶#
¶&$*^~^,,,          #### #    # #### #   #          ,,,^~^*$&¶
&$*^~^,,,,          #  # #    # #    ##  #          ,,,,^~^*$&
$*^~^,,,,,          #### #    # #### # # #          ,,,,,^~^*$
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~^,,,,,,,,                                          ,,,,,,,,^~
^,,,,,,,,, alien  (from  greek  "something  or  the ,,,,,,,,,^
,,,,,,,,,, other")  -  an entity far enough removed ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, from  you  that  you  do  not  recognize ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,,             yourself in it...            ,,,,,,,,,,
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,,,,,,,,,, (this is not  true by  the  way - you'll ,,,,,,,,,,
^,,,,,,,,,     always recognize yourself in it)     ,,,,,,,,,^
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^~^,,,,,,,             ################             ,,,,,,,^~^
*^~^,,,,,,                                          ,,,,,,^~^*
$*^~^,,,,, an  illusion or conspiracy to remove you ,,,,,^~^*$
&$*^~^,,,, from yourself... on  the  other  hand, i ,,,,^~^*$&
¶&$*^~^,,, very  surely  ,am, the  outside  peeking ,,,^~^*$&¶
#¶&$*^~^,,                   in...                  ,,^~^*$&¶#
##¶&$*^~^,                                          ,^~^*$&¶##
#¶&$*^~^,, a  novice  at  lizardry  maybe.  but   a ,,^~^*$&¶#
¶&$*^~^,,,            lizard nonetheless.           ,,,^~^*$&¶
&$*^~^,,,,                                          ,,,,^~^*$&
$*^~^,,,,,                  ######                  ,,,,,^~^*$
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^~^,,,,,,, you can percieve yourself  (the  entity) ,,,,,,,^~^
~^,,,,,,,, as a generalized  member of your speices ,,,,,,,,^~
^,,,,,,,,,             (if you have one)            ,,,,,,,,,^
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