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)