Read this excerpt from Paragraphs 4 and 5 of the passage.

“You must really love what you do here,” she said. “I can tell you care about this place and the patients we visited.”

Her words dug into me, primarily because I had never once stopped to consider whether I enjoyed my time at the hospital.

What does the phrase "dug into me" mean in this excerpt?


deeply affected the narrator(A
truly surprised the narrator(B
slightly offended the narrator(C
physically hurt the narrator(D