Amos's profound admiration for Chinga's highly questionable posturing and lifestyle, and his profound awareness of Chinga's moral shortfalls, are wrapped up in a bubble of benevolence which stems from the fact that Amos sees Chinga as a projection of the unattainable virgin/whore figure that he always secretly wanted but never had. Chongo does not see Chinga in this light, and is thus less forgiving of Chinga's failings and of Amos's patronage of her crass attempts to slander a hardworking and responsible chimp. A frank opinion from Chongo is a good antidote to Amos's waxen enthusiasm for Chinga.