Bogins were attacking the queen's ceremony. All the leafmen needed to protect her. Even if Nod was a leafman, you didn't want him to go. "Run, go! I'll meet you at the edge of the forest. Ok?" He said, holding your shoulders, looking into your eyes. "You have to promise me you won't do anything stupid to get yourself hurt. Promise me." The urgency in his voice told you that what he was doing was dangerous, and he needed you out of harms way.