Something like that. Think I saw an RPG where that was an item too, but...

[Either way, he brightens a bit at the mention of anime.]

I know that! I didn't watch a lot of magical girl stuff, but it's usually this fantasy situation where a normal girl gets exposed to a dark supernatural underbelly of the world, and gets magic powers to try to stop it. There're usually fancy transformation sequences and costumes... it's cute.