Starting Stress Boxes Reference?

Starting Stress Boxes Reference?

Starting Stress Boxes Reference?

Where in Blades v8 does it actually state that characters have 9 stress boxes to start?

I’ve managed to pick it up by inference from descriptions of The Hound’s Survivor ability and from looking at character sheets in a separate document (Blade v8 sheets), that I didn’t have to begin with, but I don’t actually see it discussed anywhere in the rule book.

Did I miss it?