Fill in the blank (_) in the following sentence from the following choices.
Sentence: Latoya was running and could see through the forest but not the garden because the _ was dense.

Choice 1: Latoya was running and could see through the forest but not the garden because the forest was dense.
Choice 2: Latoya was running and could see through the forest but not the garden because the garden was dense.
Which of the choices is correct? Respond with only "1" or "2" and no additional text.
2
2.