Gineeren is blind. The continued existence of life on Gineeren lay in an astronomically small sliver of probability, a geographical positioning of its city.

As the merger of the two suns began on almost completely opposite sides of the planet, the ground across the planet began to creek, moan, and shiver. The gravitational pull of both suns began to increase along with their rotational momentum, and far away from the city the ground gave way as tidal forces slowly pulled the surface from its roots and pulled it along crawling in a gravitational wind. As the ground rose faster and faster what began to look like a colossal worm crawled through the surface of mud, with each rotation it began moving and pulling towards the sun faster and faster.
The forces of two suns grow increasingly close to each other, in a cosmic dance with Gineeren at the center. The surface of the planet slowly creeps up and outwards like the rising tide, as the concoction of chemical compounds in the soil begins running together.
For days, a Tracties sat and observed from a distance with his looking glass, and it is said that from this great movement he learned the magic of the Tracties. The secrets to combining elements. As the merger grew imminent, the friction of the moving surface became heated, and soon produced a great wall of molten fire. It wrapped around the planet like a belt, and as the two suns grew closer together, Gineeren City remained at the center, this great wall surrounding it. It was in fact the eye of the storm, as the upheaval and extreme gravitational effects of the merger left it trembling, but unphased otherwise.
The merger seemed to happen in an instance, but the actual time it took for the merger to complete is unknown. First, a shockwave was produced, that if it were not for the triangular shape of the buildings would have flattened the city. The wave came down with the city at its center, and in its wake the giant walls were pressed back into the surrounding surface. All that was left was a land of waste outside the city.
For those outside, or near a window at this time, just before the shockwave hit, a blinding flash of unforgiving light would rob them of the ability to see. A light so intense it would make no difference if one closed their eyes or not.
This was the catalyst for the creation of Gineerens Optics industry. A product born of a need, to restore the vision of the common people.