The game repeatedly suggests that all creatures that entered the world during the Conjunction of the Spheres think they belong to the same collective/community as if they were related somehow. All these diverse kind of creatures are referred to as a collective group called "monsters" in the game. This is what Johnny refers to.

One example of this is the relation between the crones and Johnny. The crones don't really care about Johnny but tolerate him, as if he's some distant relative. For example the crones insist that Johnny visits their annual feast later on the game, even though they don't care about him otherwise. Supposedly drowners would have a similar attitude to other "monsters", treating them as distant kin.

As for canon and the books, they are not much like that at all - exotic creatures mostly care about their own kind but not about other monsters. For example there is a dragon who passionately cares about preserving other dragons specifically and is pleased that Geralt's witcher code forbids him to hunt dragons. But the dragon doesn't care about Geralt killing other monsters.

There are a few exceptions in the books though, where different "monsters" appear as if part of some sort of collective. In The Lady of the Lake some diverse creatures spontaneously band together to get revenge on Geralt for being a witcher and hunting monsters (something very similar to this happens in a side quest in the game). The vampire Regis is also dating a succubus during the party's stay in Toussaint, as if a succubus would be a more suitable match for him than a human. (Though Regis is admittedly very liberal when it comes to befriending other species.) The human Nivellen transformed into a monster by a curse also seems to attract vampires and other supernatural creatures.

Note however that "godlings" is, as far as I remember, something invented by the game makers. They don't appear in the books.

The game repeatedly suggests that all creatures that entered the world during the Conjunction of the Spheres think they belong to the same collective/community as if they were related somehow. All these diverse kind of creatures are referred to as a collective group called "monsters" in the game. This is what Johnny refers to.

One example of this is the relation between the crones and Johnny. The crones don't really care about Johnny but tolerate him, as if he's some distant relative. For example the crones insist that Johnny visits their annual feast later on the game, even though they don't care about him otherwise. Supposedly drowners would have a similar attitude to other "monsters", treating them as distant kin.

As for canon and the books, they are not much like that at all - exotic creatures mostly care about their own kind but not about other monsters. For example there is a dragon who passionately cares about preserving other dragons specifically and is pleased that Geralt's witcher code forbids him to hunt dragons. But the dragon doesn't care about Geralt killing other monsters.

There are a few exceptions in the books though, where different "monsters" appear as if part of some sort of collective. In The Lady of the Lake some diverse creatures spontaneously band together to get revenge on Geralt for being a witcher and hunting monsters (something very similar to this happens in a side quest in the game). The vampire Regis is also dating a succubus during the party's stay in Toussaint, as if a succubus would be a more suitable match for him than a human. (Though Regis is admittedly very liberal when it comes to befriending other species.) The human Nivellen transformed into a monster by a curse also seems to attract vampires and other supernatural creatures.

Note however that "godlings" is, as far as I remember, something invented by the game makers. They don't appear in the books.