Holy fck, I never had am issue with Shari in combat for blocking or whatnot, now apparently I have completely forgotten how to do so.
After 6 trial and errors, I DID figure out the the directional arrow keys are to highlight the BLOCK command before the timer went out aaaand she died again.
I am not sure why there isnt some sort of combat interface to show me what buttons are required, or even have it part of the walkthrough mod, which would be SO helpful, or hey, maybe I am just blind and cannot find it wherever I have searched, including this feed.
So some guidance on how to get past this scene without removing Shari's head, that would be great.