Quote from: TordelBack on 27 October, 2013, 04:25:16 PM
It's Tura's catch-phrase/tick dating back to the very first story. She always has a ten-dollar bet on some unpleasant outcome, sometimes explicitly but more often in her head, and she quips 'ten dollars' when she's proved right. Which is often.
My Damnation Station primer is here.
Ah right, so basically a combination of 'bad luck' and 'told you so'. Thanks, also for the excellent primer. It clarified, even after having just read the old Damnation Station issues.