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Shera is a non-playable character in Final Fantasy VII. She is a scientist who once assisted Shinra in their first rocket launch to outer space in Rocket Town. In Final Fantasy VII, she lives with Cid Highwind, though the two are not married. Shera is a slender woman with hazel eyes and auburn hair. She wears light brown pants, a dark brown belt, a yellow sweater, white socks, and dark brown shoes. She also wears a white lab coat and round glasses. A prominent trait of Shera is her overcaring nature, which was influenced by a past event in her life. Despite the hardships that followed, she remains a caring person. In Final Fantasy VII, Shera was in charge of the final checks before the launch of Shinra's Rocket No. 26. However, before the launch, she discovered a fault she felt the need to fix. Just before the launch, Cid discovered she was still in the hold fixing the fault and was faced with a hard choice: either launch the rocket and burn her to a crisp, or abort the launch, and fail in fulfilling his dream. Not wanting to kill Shera, Cid aborted the launch. Shera then took the blame following the event. Shera, feeling she owes Cid for saving her life, lives with him, and handles all his constant criticism, feeling that she deserves it. When Cid finally launches the rocket, he realizes there actually was a fault with one of the oxygen tanks, leading him to forgive Shera after all these years. In On the Way to a Smile: Case of Barret, it is revealed that Shera has contracted Geostigma on the back of her hand. Although it is not ever said whether she was cured of the Stigma, Cid's reference to her in Dirge of Cerberus -Final Fantasy VII-, seems to imply that she is, in fact, still alive. In Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children, though Shera doesn't appear, Cid has named his new airship, the Shera, after her. In Dirge of Cerberus -Final Fantasy VII-, Cid has married Shera, though when this happened is not specified.