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)