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)