Here we see Red Mage Ben in the middle of........"Magic Training" with his dragon mentor. While he was a dedicated instructor, he was not without a sense of fun. He did love a good snowball fight! And when there wasn't snow he taught Ben a simple Water Ball "spell" (with material component water and balloons) for those wonderful and memorable summers.

Sir Ballon: "HAVE AT THEE, Red Mage! Hahahaha!"
Ben: "Hahahaha! Aaaaaaah!! You got me, O Great Dragon! Hahahaa!!"

Drawn by request by the very generous  kuro-risu