Say you're sitting across from her. I've used palm reading before, but how do you escalate from there?

Key point : Never sit across the girl.
What I always do is walk in glance real quick, and pick a spot so that I will sit adjacent to her, much easier to kino that way. People tends to feel threatened when they have to face something/someone head on, this is why the approach angle is from the side.
If you run out of option and HAVE to sit across, you can start footplaying, or thumb war, but lets face it, you won't get anywhere further than touching her legs, arms or hands, not much of an escalation there. Just tell her to get up for a walk.

Thanks, that was really helpful. Repped.

1) How far is too far?

I just read Dicarlo's escalation ladder and I feel like anything beyond "Incidental Class 2" (i.e. standing close and touching legs, briefly touch the back of her palm while talking) is pushing it. It seems like day game escalation has to be a lot more conservative than nightgame.

2) What should the frequency of touching be? How long does the overall daygame escalation usually take?

3) What about for Day 2's.

Don't follow too closely to all the rules. Just have fun and be in the moment.
1. How far is too far? When she verbally rejects you (Not the "No we cant do this", more of a flat out "NO" and slap you")
2. I just touch her whenever I feel like it, if you do it a lot, it will come out smooth without her feel awkward. For ex: when I walk with the girl, I usually tease her, punch her in the shoulder or grab her shoulder pull her closer to me and said im kidding, etc... But read her body language and reaction to your touch, then you can gauge the amount of kino from there.
3. Same here, I usually go as far and as much as I can.

thanks for the reply. brb, gonna go kino till slapped.